shabaab-e-dard miri zindagi ki subh sahi — Akhtar Ansari

us se puchhe koi chaahat ke maze
jis ne chaahaa aur jo chaahaa gayaa

samajhtaa huun main sab kuchh sirf samjhaanaa nahin aataa
taDaptaa huun magar auron ko taDpaanaa nahin aataa

ai soz-e-jaan-gudaaz abhi main javaan huun
ai dard-e-laa-ilaaj ye umr-e-shabaab hai

yaaron ke ikhlaas se pahle dil kaa mire ye haal na thaa
ab vo chaknaachur paDaa hai jis shishe mein baal na thaa

rang o bu mein Duube rahte the havaas
haae kyaa shai thi bahaar-e-aarzu

ragon mein dauDti hain bijliyaan lahu ke evaz
shabaab kahte hain jis chiiz ko qayaamat hai

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

kashish tujh si na thi tere ghamon mein
lab-o-lahja magar haan hu-ba-hu thaa

aur kuchh der gham nazar mein rakh
kyaa khabar mil hi jaae thaah kahin