usi ki raushni rahti hai is qadar mujh mein — Neena Sahar

"koi moajiza huaa hai miri be-khudi se aage teraa gham nikal gayaa hai miri har khushi se aage miri pyaas kaa taraana yuun samajh na aa sakegaa mujhe aaj sun ke dekho miri khaamoshi se aage main huun saans saans tanhaa main huun zarra zarra ghaayal mujhe paas aa ke dekho miri dilkashi se aage vahin kal bhi phir mileinge jahaan aaj mil rahe hain teri raushni ke pichhe miri tirgi se aage isi Dar se paDh na paai main tiraa payaam jaanaan kahin dil ko chhu na jaae miri bebasi se aage"

"jaane ab kho gayaa kidhar paani thaa kabhi aankh kaa guhar paani maaro patthar bhi to nahin hiltaa jam chukaa hai ab is qadar paani aane vaale hain kuchh hasin manzar tu abhi aankh mein na bhar paani tab ghazal ki gali pahunchtaa hai aankh se bah ke raat bhar paani na sameTaa gayaa na kaam aayaa main bhi huun jaise ret par paani meri hasti 'sahar' hai bas itni jaise sahraa mein buund bhar paani"

"nain to baar baar bhar jaaein kaise naghme bahaar ke gaaein teraa ehsaas kho gayaa ham se ab tujhe DhunDne kahaan jaaein haath apne lahuluhaan hue ranjishein aur kitni sahlaaein reshmi taar se bandhi thiin magar TuTti hi nahin hain aashaaein aap ke khuun kaa rang dekh liyaa ab adaa-kaariyaan na dikhlaaein ham mohabbat ke ho liye saahab aap apni dukaan par jaaein"

"kyaa karishma thaa khudaayaa der tak khud ko kho kar khud ko paayaa der tak chhu ke lauTaa jab tujhe meraa khayaal hosh mein vaapas na aayaa der tak kal koi jhonkaa havaa kaa chhu gayaa aur phir tu yaad aayaa der tak ham tiri aaghosh mein the raat bhar ''maah-e-kaamil muskuraayaa der tak'' kal tire ehsaas ki baarish tale meraa sunaa-pan nahaayaa der tak sun ke bhigi raat ki sargoshiyaan ik kunvaaraa-pan lajaayaa der tak"

"kaise hoti hai shab ki sahar dekhte kaash ham bhi kabhi jaag kar dekhte khvaab kaise utartaa hai ehsaas mein tere shaane pe rakh ke ye sar dekhte ek ummid thi muntazir umr bhar kaash tum bhi kabhi lauT kar dekhte barf ki jhini chaadar tale jhiil thi chhu ke mujh ko kabhi tum agar dekhte ungliyaan un ki letin na sannyaas to meri zulfon se bhi khel kar dekhte ek parvaaz mein gir na jaate agar tere man kaa gagan mere par dekhte band kamron ne kholi nahin saanklein varna sajde mein baiThi 'sahar' dekhte"

"ghar se nikle the aarzu kar ke aaj dil laaein ge rafu kar ke saare khaane mahak uThe dil ke tujh ko paane ki justuju kar ke tujh ko maangaa tamaam shab ham ne ishq se jaan-o-tan vuzu kar ke aaj ik baar khud ko phir dekho meraa ehsaas chaar su kar ke zakhm dikhte nahin magar us ne rakh diyaa dil lahu lahu kar ke"

"vo mujhe zindagi bataataa hai phir bhalaa kyon nazar churaataa hai main usi ko uThaa rahaa thaa par vo mujhe hi faqat giraataa hai yaad us ko kiyaa yahaan main ne par mujhe vo vahaan bhulaataa hai raaz saare bataa diye main ne kyon magar raaz vo chhupaataa hai log masruf hain mohabbat mein aur vo dil miraa dukhaataa hai"

"tere tasavvuraat se aage nahin gayaa ye dil tavahhumaat se aage nahin gayaa jo biich raah chhoD gayaa shukr hai vo shakhs meri tavaqqu'aat se aage nahin gayaa shaayad use pasand thiin jhuTi numaaishein lekin main dil ki baat se aage nahin gayaa jazbaat-e-dil ko vo bhi na kuchh Dhang de sakaa main bhi takallufaat se aage nahin gayaa tohfa bhi us ke vaaste kangan liyaa 'zarim' vallah main us ke haath se aage nahin gayaa"

"taavil-e-ahd-e-fan hi to vahshat kaa hal nahin pesh-e-nazar junun hai yaaro ghazal nahin ab is ke baad ahd ki taarik raat hai ye ikhtitaam-e-shaam hai subh-e-azal nahin ai dost ishq mansab-e-fahm-o-shuur hai ye irtiqaa hai zehn kaa koi khalal nahin ik umr ratjagon ki aziyyat mein kaaT di ab mere khvaab niind kaa radd-e-amal nahin kyaa kyaa ataa-e-neamat-e-rabb-e-karim hai lekin 'samir' dard kaa nemul-badal nahin"

"na koi dost ho meraa na ho adu meraa tum apne munh se agar kah do mujh ko tu meraa fasurdagi mein junun-e-havaa-e-gul yaani khizaan ke daur mein saudaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa jo tum nahin to bahaar-e-jinaan mein khaak nahin bahut vasia hai daamaan-e-aarzu meraa nibhegi ai dil-e-aavaara ab na tujh se miri bas aaj se na main teraa huun aur na tu meraa banaa rahe hain vo jalve ki apne tasvirein dikhaa dikhaa ke tamaashaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa kisi ki zulf-e-siyah kah rahi hai khul khul kar ghaTaa ne rang uDaayaa hai hu-ba-hu meraa mah-e-siyaam kaa aur intizaam kyaa karte janaab-e-shaikh uDaa le gae subu meraa jafaa kaa rang judaa hai vafaa kaa rang judaa malo na dast-e-hinaai mein tum lahu meraa taDap rahi hai jo abr-e-siyaah mein bijli firaaq mein yahi naqsha thaa hu-ba-hu meraa suhaani raat hai chhiTki hai chaandni 'muztar' miri nigaah mein phirtaa hai maah-ru meraa"

"zindagi bojhal hui aazaar se jism jhuktaa jaa rahaa hai baar se doston ne is qadar dhoke diye aur raghbat baDh gai aghyaar se zindagi kaa ik nayaa imkaan huaa ik daricha khul gayaa divaar se ab bayaan kaise karun rudaad-e-gham kaam mushkil hai dil-e-naa-chaar se hijr ki raaton mein bahtaa hi rahaa ek naala chashm-e-dariyaa-baar se misl-e-majnun regzaaron mein rahe sar paTakte ret ki divaar se ham asiraan-e-mohabbat hain yahaan uljhe hain ab gesu-e-khamdaar se 'qalb' teri ghazlein yuun shaadaan karein dard nikle hai tire ashaar se"

"chaahe khoTe hain yaa khare hain ham Dast-e-qudrat ke laaDle hain ham 'aks-e-rafta ko dekhiye saahib kitne maa'sum lag rahe hain ham raat jivan kaa giit gaati hai khvaab-e-tanvim dekhte hain ham 'umr lag jaaegi sanbhalne mein kis bulandi se yuun gire hain ham ek hangaam hai taghayyur kaa kunj-e-nisyaan mein paDe hain ham ab bhi mehndi kaa rang gahraa hai sandalin haath par rache hain ham ik tamaashaa hai kaar-zaar-e-hayaat dekh kar ser ho chuke hain ham jhilmilaate hain aarzu ke kanval dil-jharoke se jhaankte hain ham"