jo baa-khabar the vo dete rahe fareb mujhe — Akhtar Muslimi

dehaat ke basne vaale to ikhlaas ke paikar hote hain
ai kaash nai tahzib ki rau shahron se na aati gaanv mein

mire dil pe haath rakh kar mujhe dene vaale taskin
kahin dil ki dhaDkanon se tujhe choT aa na jaae

ek hi anjaam hai ai dost husn o ishq kaa
shama bhi bujhti hai parvaanon ke jal jaane ke baad

fareb-khurda hai itnaa ki mere dil ko abhi
tum aa chuke ho magar intizaar baaqi hai

mere kirdaar mein muzmar hai tumhaaraa kirdaar
dekh kar kyuun miri tasvir khafaa ho tum log

di us ne mujh ko jurm-e-mohabbat ki vo sazaa
kuchh be-qusur log sazaa maangne lage

ajab nahin ki ye dariyaa nazar kaa dhokaa ho
ajab nahin ki koi raasta nikal aae

husn ye hai ki dilrubaa ho tum
aib ye hai ki bevafaa ho tum

aagahi se mili hai tanhaai
aa miri jaan mujh ko dhokaa de

kahte nahin hain haal kisi raazdaan se ham
vaaqif hue hain jab se fareb-e-jahaan se ham

kyaa kijiye kashish hai kuchh aisi gunaah mein
main varna yuun fareb mein aataa bahaar ke

khudaa kare kahin mai-khaane ki taraf na muDe
vo mohtasib ki savaari fareb-e-raah ruki