hotaa nahin udaas kisi dukh se main kabhi — Aslam Rashid

kuchh sazaa aur baDh gai is par
zakhm khaae to muskuraae kyon

mujh se baahar nikal rahe the sab
main bhi hairaan saa nikal aayaa

din din bhar aaina dekhaa jaataa hai
tab jaa kar do chaar ishaare bante hain

aap kaa to shauq hai jalte gharon ko dekhnaa
aap aankhein nam kareinge aap rahne dijiye

qabr par phuul rakhne aayaa thaa
phir yahin ghar banaa liyaa main ne

hansi un ke labon tak aa gai hai
mukammal ho gayaa ronaa hamaaraa

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

gunaahon ne mujhe jakDaa huaa hai is tarah 'tanhaa'
ki lahza-bhar ibaadat bhi sazaa maalum hoti hai

zakhm detaa hai har koi 'tanhaa'
hausla bhi diyaa kare koi

maar Daalegi ek din 'tanhaa'
ye tiri shokhi-e-jamaal mujhe