dard baDh kar davaa na ho jaae — Aleem Akhtar Muzaffarnagri

mujhe aankhein dikhaaegi bhalaa kyaa gardish-e-dauraan
miri nazron ne dekhaa hai tiraa naa-mehrbaan honaa

dard kaa phir maza hai jab 'akhtar'
dard khud chaarasaaz ho jaae

ye aur baat ki iqraar kar sakein na kabhi
miri vafaa kaa magar un ko e'tibaar to hai

hamein duniyaa mein apne gham se matlab
zamaane ki khushi se vaastaa kyaa

vo ta'alluq hai tire gham se ki allaah allaah
ham ko haasil ho khushi bhi to gavaaraa na karein

mujhe to kal bhi na thaa un par ikhtiyaar koi
aur un ko mujh pe vahi ikhtiyaar aaj bhi 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

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

rakhte hain dahaanon pe sadaa mohr-e-khamoshi
ve log jinhein aati hai guftaar-e-mohabbat

munis-e-taaza hain ye dard-o-alam
muddaton kaa rafiq hai gham to

tere naghmon se hai rag rag mein tarannum paidaa
ishrat-e-ruh hai zaalim tiri aavaaz nahin