mohabbat ek dam dukh kaa mudaavaa kar nahin deti — Abbas Tabish

jhonke ke saath chhat gai dastak ke saath dar gayaa
taaza havaa ke shauq mein meraa to saaraa ghar gayaa

'taabish' jo guzarti hi nahin shaam ki had se
sochein to vahin raat sahar-khez bahut hai

ek muddat se miri maan nahin soi 'taabish'
main ne ik baar kahaa thaa mujhe Dar lagtaa hai

main jis sukun se baiThaa huun is kinaare par
sukun se lagtaa hai meraa qayaam aakhiri hai

makin jab niind ke saae mein sustaane lagein 'taabish'
safar karte hain basti ke makaan aahista aahista

muddat ke baad khvaab mein aayaa thaa meraa baap
aur us ne mujh se itnaa kahaa khush rahaa karo

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

charchaa hamaaraa ishq ne kyuun jaa-ba-jaa kiyaa
dil us ko de diyaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa kiyaa

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

lailaa chali thi haj ke liye jazb-e-ishq se
naaqa machal ke najd ki manzil mein rah gayaa