kuud kar divaar 'arshi' gham gharon mein aa base — Arshi Malik

sab ke sab mil kar bhi mujh ko zer kar sakte na the
meraa apnaa haath shaamil hai miri paspaai mein

tu chhuDaa kar haath ik din daf'atan kho jaaegaa
aur meri jeb mein teraa pata rah jaaegaa

kisi ke lahje ki yakh-bastagi qayaamat thi
ThiThur ke rah gayaa lab par savaal kaa mausam

ik 'umr se ulfat ke kaTahre mein khaDaa hai
bhugtaae hain is dil ne muqadmaat musalsal

ik lafz bhi na lab se kahaa aur ro diye
'arshi' uThaae dast-e-du'aa aur ro diye

lab-e-khaamosh mein hi jaa-e-amaan aaj bhi hai
varna kahne ko to har munh mein zabaan aaj bhi hai

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate