saquleeh

ro le ab dil khol kar ai deedah khonnaaba baar

wo nazar aata hai tahzeeb hajaazi ka mazaar

tha yahan hangaama un sahra nasheenon ka kabhi

bahar baazi gaah tha jin ke safeenon ka kabhi

zalazle jin se shahanshaahon ke darbaaron mein the

bajleewan ke aasheeaane jin ki talwaaron mein the

ik jahaan taaza ka paighaam tha jin ka zuhoor

kha gai asr kuhan ko jin ki tegh naasbor

murda aalam zinda jin ki shorish quam se hua

aadmi aazaad zanjeer toham se hua

ghalaghlon se jis ke lazzat geer ab tak gosh hai

kya wo takbeer ab hamesha ke liye khaamosh hai

aah ai saslee! samandarki hai tujh se aabroo

rahnuma ki tarah us paani ke sahra mein hai toh

zeb tere khaal se rukhsaar dariya ko rahe

teri shamon se tasalli bahar paima ko rahe

ho subuk chashm musafir par tira manzar mudaam

mauj raqusan tere saahil ki chataanon par mudaam

toh kabhi us quaum ki tahzeeb ka gahwaara tha

husn aalam soz jis ka aatish nazaara tha

naala kash sheeraaz ka bulbul hua baghdaad par

daagh roya khoon ke aansoo jahan aabaad par

aasman ne daulat gharnaata jab barbaad ki

aban badron ke dil naashaad ne fariyaad ki

gham naseeb iqubaal ko bakhsha gaya maatam tira

chun liya taqudeer ne wo dil ki tha mahram tira

hai tire aasaar mein posheeda kis ki daastan

tere saahil ki khamoshi mein hai andaaz bayan

dard apna mujh se kah mein bhi saraapa dard hoon

jis ki toh manzil tha mein us kaarwan ki gard hoon

rang tasweer kuhan mein bhar ke dikhla de mujhe

quissa ayyaam salaf ka kah ke tadpa de mujhe

mein tira tohfa soo hindostan le jaaoon ga

khud yahan rota hoon auron ko wahan ralwaayon ga