ye daur mohabbat kaa lahu chaaT rahaa hai — Anwar Kaifi

ye to ho saktaa hai ki donon ki manzil ek ho
phir bhi us ke ham-safar hone ki farmaaish na kar

gharib bhuuk ki Thokar se khuun khuun hue
kisi amiir ko ab to lahu ki baas aae

dil se nikli hui har aah ki taasir mein aa
maang le rab se mujhe aur miri taqdir mein aa

jo kar rahe the zamaane se gumrahi kaa safar
unhin ke naam kiyaa haq ne bandagi kaa safar

miri qismat ki kashti bahr-e-gham mein Duub sakti thi
tiri taqdir se shaayad miri taqdir ubhri hai

rah-e-hayaat mein shaayad hi vo maqaam aae
ki naghma-haa-e-junun par sukut taari ho

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

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

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