tu ne vahdat ko kar diyaa kasrat — Hatim Ali Mehr

ai buton allaah se li hai ijaazat vasl ki
kal hazaaron dekh Daale istikhaare raat ko

hai ye purab ki zabaan-daani 'mehr'
kahte hain baat ko ham suntaa huun

kaabe mein ham ko dair kaa har dam khayaal thaa
allaah jaantaa hai buton kaa rahaa lihaaz

dar-ba-dar maaraa-phiraa main justuju-e-yaar mein
zaahid-e-kaaba huaa rahbaan-e-but-khaana huaa

ye hind hai ai 'mehr' yahaan puuj buton ko
kyuun barahman-e-dair-o-kalisaa nahin honaa

gul baang thi gulon ki hamaaraa taraana thaa
apnaa bhi is chaman mein kabhi aashiyaana thaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

khaDaa huaa huun sar-e-raah muntazir kab se
ki koi guzre to gham kaa ye bojh uThvaa de

sadaa kise dein 'naimi' kise dikhaaein zakhm
ab itni raat gae kaun jaagtaa hogaa

zaraa ai josh-e-gham rahne de qaabu mein zabaan meri
vo sunnaa chaahte hain khud mujhi se daastaan meri