Contributed by Syed Sadiq Hasan Jafri


aa.Nkh pa.Datii hai kahii.n paao.n kahii.n pa.Dataa hai
Alam Tab 'Tashna'

aa.Nkh pa.Datii hai kahii.n paao.n kahii.n pa.Dataa hai
sab kii hai un ko Khabar apanii Khabar kuchh bhii nahii.n

shamaa hai gul bhii hai bul-bul bhiihai paravaanaa bhii
raat kii raat ye sab kuchh hai sahar kuchh bhii nahii.n

hashr kii dhuum hai sab kahate hai.n yuu.N hai yuu.N hai
fitanaa hai ek terii Thokar kaa magar kuchh bhii nahii.n

nestii kii hai mujhe kuuchaa-e-hastii me.n talaash
sair karataa huu.N udhar kii ke jidhar kuchh bhii nahii.n

ek aa.Nsuu bhii asar jab na kare ai "Tashna"
faayedaa rone se ai diidaa-e-tar kuchh bhii nahii.n

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Last updated on 27th September, 1999