ye aur baat ki aandhi hamaare bas mein nahin — Azhar Inayati

ghazal kaa sher to hotaa hai bas kisi ke liye
magar sitam hai ki sab ko sunaanaa paDtaa hai

shikastagi mein bhi kyaa shaan hai imaarat ki
ki dekhne ko ise sar uThaanaa paDtaa hai

raasto kyaa hue vo log ki aate-jaate
mere aadaab pe kahte the ki jiite rahiye

kisi ke aib chhupaanaa savaab hai lekin
kabhi kabhi koi parda uThaanaa paDtaa hai

vo jis ke sehn mein koi gulaab khil na sakaa
tamaam shahr ke bachchon se pyaar kartaa thaa

har ek raat ko mahtaab dekhne ke liye
main jaagtaa huun tiraa khvaab dekhne ke liye

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

jo kahaa main ne ki pyaar aataa hai mujh ko tum par
hans ke kahne lagaa aur aap ko aataa kyaa hai

pyaar apni jagah par ek shikaayat hai mujhe
tum ne aane mein bahut der ki aane vaale

judaai kyuun dilon ko aur bhi nazdik laati hai
bichhaD kar kyuun ziyaada pyaar kaa ehsaas hotaa hai

kitne yaar hain phir bhi 'munir' is aabaadi mein akelaa hai
apne hi gham ke nashshe se apnaa ji bahlaataa hai

baat aati hai doston ki jab
mujh ko dushman 'aziz lagte hain