mere sukun-e-qalb ko le kar chale gae — 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

dard baDh kar davaa na ho jaae
zindagi be-mazaa na 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

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

chali samt-e-ghaib siin kyaa havaa ki chaman zuhur kaa jal gayaa
magar ek shaakh-e-nihaal-e-gham jise dil kaho so hari rahi

har raaste se manzil-e-hasti hai bahut duur
jaaegaa mire saath gham-e-yaar kahaan tak

main nibal tanhaa na is duniyaa ki sohbat siin huaa
rustamon kuun kar diyaa hai naa-tavaan inzaal niin