kai dinon se mire saath saath chalti hai — Iftikhar Mughal

ham ne us chehre ko baandhaa nahin mahtaab-misaal
ham ne mahtaab ko us rukh ke mumaasil baandhaa

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

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

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

mohabbat karne vaale dard mein tanhaa nahin hote
jo ruThoge kabhi mujh se to apnaa dil dukhaaoge

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki

nazar bachaa ke jo aansu kiye the main ne paak
khabar na thi yahi dhabbe baneinge daaman ke