hijr mein itnaa khasaara to nahin ho saktaa — Afzal Gauhar Rao

jaane vo shahr mein ab kis kaa buraa maantaa hai
main to jab baat karun us se buraa maantaa hai

miri nazar to khalaaon ne baandh rakkhi thi
mujhe zamin se kahaan aasmaan dikhaai diyaa

kaun si aisi kami mere khad-o-khaal mein hai
aaina khush nahin hotaa kabhi mil kar mujh se

chand logon ki mohabbat bhi ghanimat hai miyaan
shahr kaa shahr hamaaraa to nahin ho saktaa

gumraah kab kiyaa hai kisi raah ne mujhe
chalne lagaa huun aap hi apne khilaaf mein

tumhein hi sahraa sambhaalne ki paDi hui hai
nikal ke ghar se bhi ham to ghar se bandhe hue hain

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

pyaar apne pe jo aataa hai to kyaa karte hain
aaina dekh ke munh chuum liyaa karte hain

main to miTTi ho rahaa thaa ishq mein lekin 'ataa'
aa gai mujh mein kahin se be-dimaaghi 'mir' ki

vo meri raah mein kaanTe bichhaae main lekin
usi ko pyaar karun us pe e'tibaar karun

tanhaai se bachaav ki surat nahin karun
mar jaaun kyaa kisi se mohabbat nahin karun