thakan to agale safar ke liye bahaanaa thaa - Iftikhar Arif

thakan to agale safar ke liye bahaanaa thaa

use to yuun bhii kisii aur simt jaanaa thaa

vahii chiraag bujhaa jis kii lau qayaamat thii

usii pe zarb padii jo shajar puraanaa thaa

mataa-e-jaan kaa badal ek pal kii sarshaarii

suluuk Khvaab kaa aankhon se taaziraanaa thaa

vahii firaaq kii baaten vahii hikaayat-e-vasl

naii kitaab kaa ek ek varaq puraanaa thaa

qabaa-e-zard nigaar-e-Khizaan pe sajatii thii

tabhii to chaal kaa andaaz Khusrovaanaa thaa