ab shughl hai yahi dil-e-izaa-pasand kaa — Ahmad Mushtaq

khoyaa hai kuchh zarur jo us ki talaash mein
har chiiz ko idhar se udhar kar rahe hain ham

dukh ke safar pe dil ko ravaana to kar diyaa
ab saari umr haath hilaate raheinge ham

koi tasvir mukammal nahin hone paati
dhuup dete hain to saayaa nahin rahne dete

mohabbat mar gai 'mushtaaq' lekin tum na maanoge
main ye afvaah bhi tum ko sunaa kar dekh letaa huun

tire aane kaa din hai tere raste mein bichhaane ko
chamakti dhuup mein saae ikaTThe kar rahaa huun main

paani mein aks aur kisi aasmaan kaa hai
ye naav kaun si hai ye dariyaa kahaan kaa hai

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

koi mausam bhi sazaa-vaar-e-mohabbat nahin ab
zard patton ko havaaon se shikaayat nahin ab

ishq vajh-e-zindagi bhi dushman-e-jaani bhi hai
ye nadi paayaab bhi hai aur tufaani bhi hai

kuchh yuun fanaa huaa huun mohabbat ki aag mein
duniyaa ko de chalaa huun kahaani malaal ki