Anjaan Ladki

Kal ki shaam dhalti hui si, us par padhti suraj ki chhaya
Aasman me bikharti lali, samundar me kahi duba nazar aaya.

Na koi awaz thi bas thi lehero ki guftgu,

Aapas me takrati lehre, sahil ka tha kinara.

Nange paav ret par chalna, chhuti lehre paav ko,

thandak paani ki aati jati, ek sihran deti kaya ko.

Ehsaas un lehro ka zindagi me bhi aata hai, 

Uthti baithti lehro si bunde padhti ankhon pe.
Thandi hawa ka jhoka aata hua jab chhuta unki zulfo ko,

sawarti lato ko khadi ek ladki failaye apni baho ko.

Ek harkat kari adayo ne, sab kuchh hum bhul gaye,

Ek pal me vo lamha badal gaya jab dekhi muskurahat uske chehre pe.

Ret par likhe nishan mit gaye jab lehere vapas chali gayi, 

kho gaye hum jane kaha uski adaye dekhte hue. 

Ret chamakti gore pairo par, lehero sang hasti gati vo, 

Bunde padhti mano gulab par khilkhilata hua jab hilta vo.

Hawa ke jhoko me ulajhte baal unke, sambhale na sulajhte vo,

hasti hui sawarti baalo ko gardan jhukaye dekhti vo.

Madak muskan bikherti hotho se thodi si kasmasati vo,

Ab hume na hosh reh gaya niharte reh gaye us chehre ko.

Hoth gulabi, bheegi palke hasti khilkhilati vo,

na jane kya ehsaas tha waqt bhi tham na paaya vo.

Nazare jhukaye sharmati hui si, ja chuki thi waha se vo.

Suraj duba andhera chhaya, thodi der baad jab hosh me aaya,

Haqikat thi ya koi khwab kuchh samajh me na aaya,

Ek ajeeb ehsaas hua jab, hawa me baho ko failaya.

Mehsus kiya thandi hawa ko band kar ankhe,

maano chal raha hu un lehero par.

Na koi shaam thi itni khushnuma, jalpari dekhi ho mano,

vo khwab thi ya koi hakikat mushkil tha ye samjhana.

Na aayi raat tab neend hume, muskan thi bas hotho par, 

ankhe chamakti khoyi hui si hue fida hue un baalo par. 

Intzaar tha Suraj ke nikalne ka, Raat bhar dekhe chand sitaare, 

lamhe kaate na katte the, dhundhne par na mila vo chehra beech chand sitaaro me.

Suraj ki pehli kiran ki aas lagaye baithe the,

roke rok paaye na hum pahuche us kinare par.

Raat beeti jab suraj nikla betab thi ankhe uske deedar ko, 

aati hui dur tab nazar aayi vo, 

Baithi kinaare seepiyo se khelti dikhi ret p kuchh likhte hue vo.

Pata tha meri chahat ka shayad, baalo ko apne failati vo, 

muskurate hue unka hume dekhna fir late kaan k peechhe karti vo.

Humne ki kuchh ja kar baate meethi awaz sang khilkhilati vo,

kitna haseen tha vo nazara alvida kar fir chali gayi vo.

Tha intzaar bas agli subah ka, har pal naya tha har lamha alag us din ka,

Agli subah fir hum pahuche arzoo thi uske aane ki,

baithe baithe shaam ho gayi, bas hasrat reh gayi use paane ki.....