be-shak asir-e-gesu-e-jaanaan hain be-shumaar — Haneef Akhgar

puchhti rahti hai jo qaisar-o-kisraa kaa mizaaj
shaan ye khaak-nashinon mein kahaan se aai

hasin surat hamein hamesha hasin hi maalum kyuun na hoti
hasin andaaz-e-dil-navaazi hasin-tar naaz barhami kaa

kushta-e-zabt-e-fughaan naghma-e-be-saaz-o-sadaa
uf vo aansu jo lahu ban ke Tapaktaa hogaa

koi saaghar pe saaghar pi rahaa hai koi tishna hai
murattab is tarah aain-e-mai-khaana nahin hotaa

jo musaafir bhi tire kuche se guzraa hogaa
apni nazron ko bhi divaar samajhtaa hogaa

har taraf hain khaana-barbaadi ke manzar be-shumaar
kuchh Thikaana hai bhalaa is jazba-e-taamir kaa

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jo tire ishq mein tabaah huaa
koi us ko tabaah kar na sakaa

tere shaidaa bhi hue ishq-e-tamaashaa bhi hue
tere divaane tire shahr mein rusvaa bhi hue

aataa rahaa huun yaad main us ko tamaam umr
is zaaviye se ishq mein naakaam kab huaa

kyaa kahaa ishq jaavedaani hai!
aakhiri baar mil rahi ho kyaa