kam nahin ai dil-e-betaab mataa-e-ummid — Hasan Naim

kuchh usulon kaa nasha thaa kuchh muqaddas khvaab the
har zamaane mein shahaadat ke yahi asbaab the

gham se bikhraa na paaemaal huaa
main to gham se hi be-misaal huaa

jo bhi kahnaa hai kaho saaf shikaayat hi sahi
in ishaaraat-o-kinaayaat se ji Dartaa hai

gard-e-shohrat ko bhi daaman se lipaTne na diyaa
koi ehsaan zamaane kaa uThaayaa hi nahin

saraa-e-dil mein jagah de to kaaT luun ik raat
nahin hai shart ki mujh ko sharik-e-khvaab banaa

'iqbaal' ki navaa se musharraf hai go 'naim'
urdu ke sar pe 'mir' ki ghazlon kaa taaj hai

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ishq vo chaar su safar hai jahaan
koi bhi raasta nahin ruktaa

uruuj par hai azizo fasaad kaa suraj
jabhi to sukhti jaati hain pyaar ki jhilein

dard-e-dil se ishq ke be-pardagi hoti nahin
ik chamak uThti hai lekin raushni hoti nahin

'ishq ki chaadar laayaa huun aur khaas baat ye hai is mein
jitne pair pasaaro ye utni lambi ho jaati hai