ajab kuchh ishq ki khush-tar hai vaadi — Alimullah

taalaab iraade kaa bhare pal mein labaalab
jab yaar ke dariyaa-e-karam suun lahr aave

ishq ke kuche mein jab jaataa hai dil karne ko sair
vaan nahin maalum hotaa roz hai yaa raat hai

chaman suun dil ke aalam ko khabar nahin
hamesha dekhte khaaki badan ko

tark de islaam ko aur kufr saaraa duur kar
chhoD de hirs-o-havaa farzand aur zan bhuul jaa

yaar ke darsan ke khaatir jaan aur tan bhuul jaa
aankh munavvar dekh us kaa rang-e-gulshan bhuul jaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

'ishq mein intihaa ki had na hui
'aashiqi teri mustanad na hui

mohabbat phuul banne par lagi thi
palaT kar phir kali kar li hai main ne

kuchh aur vus'atein darkaar hain mohabbat ko
visaal-o-hijr pe daar-o-madaar mushkil hai

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae