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August 2026
mujh ko le dooba tira shahar meiñ yaktaa hona
mulk to mulk gharoñ par bhi hai qabzaa us ka
rehtaa nahiñ insaan to mit jaata hai gham bhii
Daiem aabad rahe gi dunia
Haath uthaye hain magar lab pe dua koi nahiN
ye subh ki safediyaN ye dopahar ki zardiyaN
hai kahaN tamanna ka doosra qadam ya-rab
Seedhii hai raah-e-shauq pa yuN hii kahiN kahiN
ye faidaa zaroor hua ehtijaaj se
ujaaloñ ko dhundo sahar ko pukaaro
himmat hai to buland kar aawaaz ka alam
bulbul ke karobaar pe haiN khanda-ha-e-gul
aasmanoN ki taraf phenk diya hai maiN ne
isi jagah isi din to hua thaa ye e’laan
vajuud-e-ishq ka koii siraa mila? nahiN mila
vo na aayega hameN maluum thaa is shaam bhii
jis meiN kuchh qabreN hoN kuchh chehere hoN kuchh yadeN hoN
in meiN lahu jalaa ho hamaara ki jaan-o-dil
tamashaa dekhne waloN ko kaun batlaata
sabhii ne lagaya hai chehere pe chehraa
ye hamiN the jin ke libaas par sar-e-rah siyahii likhi gayi
aisii hastii ‘adam meiN daakhil hai
jahaaN rahega vahiN roshnii lutayega
Dil ki kheti sookh rahi hai kaisi ye barsaat hui
Chhoti si baat pe khush hona mujhe aataa tha
ghalat baatoN ko khaamoshi se sun-na haami bhar lena
khud ko itnaa bhii mat bachayaa kar
yahii jamhuriyat ka naqs hai jo takht-e-shahi par