agar badan ek makaan hai

makaan bhii ek kiraaye kaa

aur is me.n ham muqiim hai.n

kiraayedaar kii tarah

to maalike-makaan ko koii

Khabar bhej de

ke luT chuke hai.n ham

hamaare paas ab nahii.n hai

koii aisii shaih

kii jisako ham kiraaye ke bataur

usako de sake.n

baGair kuchh adaa kiye

Thaharanaa is makaan me.n

hamaarii zaKhm zaKhm par

bula.nd sar panaah qubuul kar sake

nahii.n hai ye hame.n yaqii.n

to maalike-makaan

yaa to aa ke sambhaal le vagarnaa phir

hame.n ye Khud makaan

usako chho.D kar safar ke baa.Ndhanii pa.Degii

ye shikastaa-tar kamar

Farhat Shehzad