bas itnaa yaad hai ik bhuul si hui thi kahin — Akram Mahmud

chaDhe hue hain jo dariyaa utar bhi jaaeinge
mire baghair tire din guzar bhi jaaeinge

ab dil bhi dukhaao to aziyyat nahin hoti
hairat hai kisi baat pe hairat nahin hoti

sitaara aankh mein dil mein gulaab kyaa rakhnaa
ki Dhalti umr mein rang-e-shabaab kyaa rakhnaa

do chaar baras jitne bhi hain jabr hi sah lein
is umr mein ab ham se baghaavat nahin hoti

gum to honaa thaa ba-har-haal kisi manzar mein
dil huaa khvaab mein gum aankh hui aab mein gum

paanv uThte hain kisi mauj ki jaanib lekin
rok letaa hai kinaara ki Thahar paani hai

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

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

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

main tinke chuntaa phirtaa huun sayyaad tiliyaan
tayyaar ho rahaa hai qafas aashiyaan ke saath