rah-e-vafaa mein luTaa kar mataa-e-qalb-o-jigar — 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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ishq vo chaar su safar hai jahaan
koi bhi raasta nahin ruktaa

aisaa kyaa 'ishq jo rusvaai 'ataa kar na sake
aisi kis kaam ki rusvaai ki shohrat bhi nahin

ik mohabbat ke sivaa aur na kuchh maangaa thaa
kyaa karein ye bhi zamaane ko gavaaraa na huaa

ghussa aataa hai pyaar aataa hai
ghair ke ghar se yaar aataa hai