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Mera Lahore

 


Man kachi eent ki devaar ke ghar man hua paida

Jidhar ka kona kona us zamany ki alamat ha

 

Jisy guzry zamany ho chuky ab tak slaamat ha

Mera shehr-e-Lahore apny hi andar ek ajooba ha

 

Lahore ek khaas khitty sy nikal kar barh bhaly jaye

Magar mery liye abhi tak ye unhi galiyon py mabni ha

 

Jidhar galiyon man bachy ab bhi youn hi muskuraaty han

Ke goya dunya k sab raaz-o-makhfi sy ye waqif han

 

Bohot doori ha un man or maghrib ki bulandi man

Wo pasti man bhi raaton ko sakoon ki neend soty han

 

Jahan koi kisi ko apna kehny sy bhi qasir ha

Wahan par ajnabee ko bhi wo apna bhai kehty han

 

Mehez khitta-e-arz hony sy bartar ha muqaam us ka

Wo dil man raaj karta ha wo mann man ghar banata ha

 

Zameen ke tukry sy barh kar wo ek ehsaas ha esa

Ke jesy hath thaamy apna koi sath chalta ha

 

Wo ek maa ki tarha matti sy pahly parwarish kar ke

Bary bhai ki tarha mushkilon sy door rakhta ha

 

Wo Baba ki tarha bhatky howon ko raah dekhata ha

Wo behnon ki tarha dil sy laga kar pyar karta ha

 

Mujhe us ghar sy nikly bhi bohot arsa ha beeta par

Mera ghar ab bhi mery samny esy hi rehta ha

 

Ke jesy man wahin par hun abhi ye mera bachpan ha

Ke jesy kachi devaaron ki Khushbu ab bhi zinda ha

 

Mujhe mera Lahore or us ki zeenat phir mili jesy

Nahi bichra kabhi man us haseen mitti k phoolon sy

 

Hai ek insan jis man youn mila mujh ko mera Lahore

Jesy ho koi nayaab moti door nazron sy

 

Mera Delhi mera Masti mera Bhati mera Mori

Mera Mochi o Taxali o Kashmiri o Lahori

 

Ho Sheranwala ya ho Yakki o Shah Alam ka darwaza

Wohi ha Roshnai ka wohi Akbari ka darwaza

 

Wo ha Badshahi masjid or wohi Jodha ka mandir ha

Usi ki muskuraahat par khatam Shahi Qila tak ha

 

Mehez baaton ki baaton man bayaan ye karna man chahun

Keh us ko dekh kar youn hi mujhe sakoon milta ha

 

Keh jesy ho mila mera hi apna ghar kabhi mujh ko

Mera wo ghar bhi tm hi ho, mera Lahore bhi tm ho

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