Thursday, January 31, 2019

Ghazal 73: kab sune hai voh iltijaa-e-Khuloos?




kab sune hai voh iltijaa-e-Khuloos?
guftgoo dil ki, maajraa-e-Khuloos!

paas us ke hai sab, ba.juz iKhlaas!
aur mire paas kyaa, sivaa-e-Khuloos!

zindagee ke safar ko, marhala.vaar,
sar kiyaa 'azm ne, ba paa-e-Khuloos

voh ta'alluq hi kyaa hai, jis meiN na ho
ibtidaa hee se intihaa-e-Khuloos!

har makaaN 'ishq kaa hai be.buniyaad
gar na qaa'im ho bar binaa-e-Khuloos!

naqd-e-jaaN se bhi kab huee hai adaa
qeemat-e-jins-e-be.bahaa-e-Khuloos!

nay muravvat, na dostee, na vafaa
na voh samjhe hai mudd'aa-e-Khuloos!

jaur, bedaad, zulm, jabr, sitam!
hai yahee haasil-e-jazaa-e-Khuloos!?

na huaa us ke dil pe, haif, kabhee
asar-e-naala`e-rasaa-e-Khuloos!

ta'an-o-tehqeer kaa banaa hai shikaar
ek izhaar-e-barmalaa-e-Khuloos!

qahr se kam naheeN hai us ka 'itaab!
kaun jaa kar use sujhaaye Khuloos!?

:: q ::
aasmaaN kee taraf haiN dast kushaad
aur hoNToN par ik sadaa-e-Khuloos:

"voh salaamat rahe, jahaaN bhi rahe!"
dil se nikle hai yeh du'aa-e-Khuloos
:: ::

'asr-e-haazir meiN hai vohee bad.naam
jis se sarzad hu'ee Khataa-e-Khuloos!

koi doojaa bhi ab mile hai kahaaN
saakin-e-shehr-e-pur.fizaa-e-Khuloos?

hai ta'ajjub, kih voh zaraa bhi naheeN
vaaqif-e-tarz-e-sheva'haa-e-Khuloos!

vasf aisa bashar meiN hai hi kahaaN
jis ko kahiye kih hai varaa-e-Khuloos?

dil bhi 'naadaaN' -- usee ke Gham meiN hai qaid
jis ki fitrat hi ko na bhaaye Khuloos!

(JANUARY 31, 2019 -- ARLINGTON, TX -- USA)