gesu o rukhsaar ki baatein karein — Imam Azam

sankaT ke din the to saae bhi mujh se katraate the
sukh ke din aae to dekho duniyaa mere saath hui

har taraf ik jang kaa maahaul hai 'aazam' yahaan
aadmi ab ghar ke bhi andar salaamat hai kahaan

duniyaa ki ik riit puraani, milnaa aur bichhaDnaa hai
ek zamaana biit gayaa hai tum kab milne aaoge

teri khushbu se moattar hai zamaana saaraa
kaise mumkin hai vo khushbu bhi gulaabon mein mile

kisi ki baat koi bad-gumaan na samjhegaa
zamin kaa dard kabhi aasmaan na samjhegaa

un ke rukhsat kaa vo lamha mujhe yuun lagtaa hai
vaqt naaraaz huaa din bhi Dhalaa ho jaise

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

lafz-e-ehsaas ko tasvir nahin kar sakte
'ishq duniyaa ki zabaanon se baDaa hai shaayad

unhein khat mein likkhaa thaa dil muztarib hai javaab un kaa aayaa mohabbat na karte
tumhein dil lagaane ko kis ne kahaa thaa bahal jaaegaa dil bahalte bahalte

ghussa aataa hai pyaar aataa hai
ghair ke ghar se yaar aataa hai

nabi sadqe kutub shah dil mein kiitaa
mohabbat haidar-e-karraar ehdaas