kab dard se dil ko taab aayaa — Ashraf Ali Fughan

meri taraf se khaatir-e-sayyaad jamaa hai
kyaa uD sakegaa taair-e-be-baal-o-par kahin

mujh se jo puchhte ho to har haal shukr hai
yuun bhi guzar gai miri vuun bhi guzar gai

jugnu miyaan ki dum jo chamakti hai raat ko
sab dekh dekh us ko bajaate hain taaliyaan

dil-bastagi qafas se yahaan tak hui mujhe
goyaa kabhi chaman mein meraa aashiyaan na thaa

ai shaikh agar kufr se islaam judaa hai
pas chaahiye tasbih mein zunnaar na hotaa

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

gham sabhi dil se rukhsat hue
dard be-intihaa rah gayaa

ye udaasi kaa sabab puchhne vaale 'ajmal'
kyaa kareinge jo udaasi kaa sabab batlaayaa

labon par tabassum to aankhon mein aansu thi dhuup ek pal mein to ik pal mein baarish
hamein yaad hai baaton baaton mein un kaa hansaanaa rulaanaa rulaanaa hansaanaa