is baar raah-e-ishq kuchh itni tavil thi — Ameer Imam

na aabshaar na sahraa lagaa sake qimat
ham apni pyaas ko le kar dahan mein lauT aae

shahr mein saare charaaghon ki ziyaa khaamosh hai
tirgi har samt phailaa kar havaa khaamosh hai

lagi vo tujh si to aalam mein munfarid Thahri
vagarna aam si lagti agar judaa lagti

vo maarka ki aaj bhi sar ho nahin sakaa
main thak ke muskuraa diyaa jab ro nahin sakaa

apni taraf to main bhi nahin huun abhi talak
aur us taraf tamaam zamaana usi kaa hai

jo shaam hoti hai har roz haar jaataa huun
main apne jism ki parchhaaiyon se laDte hue

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht