pahle har baat pe ham sochte the — Baqi Siddiqui

is badalte hue zamaane mein
tere qisse bhi kuchh puraane lage

kuchh na paa kar bhi mutmain hain ham
ishq mein haath kyaa khazaane lage

yahi rasta hai ab yahi manzil
ab yahin dil kisi bahaane lage

rang-e-dil rang-e-nazar yaad aayaa
tere jalvon kaa asar yaad aayaa

ek hansti hui badli dekhi
ek jaltaa huaa ghar yaad aayaa

dosti khun-e-jigar chaahti hai
kaam mushkil hai to rasta dekho

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

soch din raat yahi hai tire divaane ki
jaaiye shahr ko par chhoDiye sahraa kyunkar

ikaTThe kar ke teri dusri tasvir khinchungaa
vo sab jalve jo chhan chhan kar tiri chilman se nikleinge

kitnaa sochaa thaa dil lagaaeinge
sochte sochte hayaat hui