ham ne us chehre ko baandhaa nahin mahtaab-misaal — Iftikhar Mughal

gher leti hai koi zulf, koi bu-e-badan
jaan kar koi giraftaar nahin hotaa yaar

mohabbat aur ibaadat mein farq to hai naan
so chhin li hai tiri dosti mohabbat ne

khudaa! sila de duaa kaa, mohabbaton ke khudaa
khudaa! kisi ne kisi ke liye duaa ki thi

main tum ko khud se judaa kar ke kis tarah dekhun
ki main bhi ''tum'' huun, koi dusraa nahin huun main

kai dinon se mire saath saath chalti hai
koi udaas si ThanDi si koi parchhaain

tu mujh se mere zamaanon kaa puchhti hai to sun!
tiraa junun, tiraa saudaa, tiri talab, tiri yaad

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa