Ufuq-dar-ufuq, Urdu Nazam By Shafiq Fatima Shera

simaTte phailte paiham sulagte aur dhundlate
ufuq jab pai-ba-pai ubhren ufuq jab pai-ba-pai Duben
to apna kaam kya hai naw apni khete rahna hai

ufuq mehrab-dar-mehrab apne dwar phailae
taaqub ke ishaare barq ban kar kaund jate hain
badal jati hain rahen duriyan baDhti hi rahti hain
kabhi be-karwan be-mashal-o-shor-e-jaras chalna
qayamat hi sahi phir bhi hamein chalna hi paDta hai
ki chalna hai muqaddar sath rahna ek inayat hai
jise bin mange dete aur le lete hain bin puchhe

zara si baat lekin aabgine TuT jate hain
zara si baat pahron dil dikhati hai satati hai
taghaful go bhala lagta hai phir bhi ji to jalta hai
hawa-e-intishaar ek pal mein tartiben zamanon ki
ulaT deti hai kaise aur qaza-o-qadr ke hathon
yaqin ke jagmagate muskuraate surajon se pur
ufuq gard-o-gubar-e-rah ban kar Dub jate hain

wo dekho po phaTi andhiyare jadon ke shagafon se
hum is ko marhamat ka nam dete hain har ek shikwa
yahan aa kar pasheman hone walon ko manata hai

alawon ke qarin baiThe hue kitni KHunuk shamen
guzar jati hain jaise KHwab guzre dil taDapta hai
ki shamen shabon mein aur shaben ujle saweron ke
tasalsul mein gundhi tul-e-abad umr-e-KHizar patin

magar ye daera-dar-daera sachchaiyan tauba
hamesha rah mein aati rahen tanhaiyan dene
agar un ka lahu jam jae apni aastinon par
to bujh jaen ye shoale jawedan raushan alawon ke
ufuq ke naqsh aur apni shabihen sab hi miT jaen

asasa rahguzaron ka thakan awwal thakan aaKHir
nazare chashm-e-bina mein jo aansu ban ke rahte hain
kasak jin ki chhupae se nahin chhupti wo sab kanTe
alawon ke qarin aksar junun-e-KHud-numai mein
kisi ek git mein ek dastan mein Dhalne lagte hain

ye gham kitna ghanimat hai ye gham-e-hasti ki qimat hai
ki hum is ko sunane aur sunne mein bahal jaen

ufuq ke us taraf aur is taraf bikhra hua imkan
jise hamrah kahte the wo ek sapna tha sauda tha
nawa-e-na-shunida ke saweron tak pahunchne ka
abad-asham tanhai ki wadi par karne ka
alawon ke qarin aane ka ek pyara bahana tha
wo raqs-e-nikhat-e-gul tha ki gardish mein zamana tha