ab yahaan kaun nikaalegaa bhalaa duudh ki nahr — Ahmad Ata

naa-rasaai ne ajab taur sikhaae hain 'ataa'
yaani bhule bhi nahin tum ko pukaaraa bhi nahin

saDak pe baiTh gae dekhte hue duniyaa
aur aise tark hui ek khud-kushi ham se

vaisaa hi kharaab shakhs huun main
jaisaa koi chhoD kar gayaa thaa

main teri ruuh mein utraa huaa milungaa tujhe
aur is tarah ki tujhe kuchh khabar nahin honi

hanste hanste ho gayaa barbaad main
khush-dili aisi bhi hoti hai bhalaa

aaj dekhaa hai use aisi mohabbat se 'ataa'
vo yahi bhuul gayaa us ko kahin jaanaa thaa

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

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

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

uThaa sakte nahin jab chuum kar hi chhoDnaa achchhaa
mohabbat kaa ye patthar is dafa bhaari ziyaada hai