saail aayaa hai tire dar pe khudi ko kho kar — Aish Meeruthi

meri jannat tiri nigaah-e-karam
mujh se phir jaae ye khudaa na kare

uThaane vaale hamein bazm se zaraa ye dekh
ki TuTtaa hai gharibon kaa aasraa kaise

karun kis kaa gila kahte hue bhi sharm aati hai
raqib afsos apne hi puraane aashnaa nikle

na milne par bhi use 'aish' pyaar kartaa huun
yuun unchaa kar diyaa meaar-e-zindagi main ne

baDhti rahi nigaah bahakte rahe qadam
guzraa hai is tarah bhi zamaana shabaab kaa

ye bhi koi zindagi mein zindagi hai ham-nafas
dil kahin hai ham kahin hain aur jaanaana kahin

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

us but-e-kaafir kaa zaahid ne bhi naam aisaa japaa
daana-e-tasbih har ik raam-daanaa ho gayaa

ku-e-jaanaan mein na ghairon ki rasaai ho jaae
apni jaagir ye yaa-rab na paraai ho jaae