dilbari jazb-e-mohabbat kaa karishma hai faqat — Ismail Merathi

dariyaa ki tarah ravaan huun lekin
ab tak bhi vahin huun main jahaan huun

haan dil-e-be-taab chande intizaar
amn-o-raahat kaa Thikaana aur hai

roz-e-jazaa mein aakhir puchhaa na jaaegaa kyaa
teraa ye chup lagaanaa meraa savaal karnaa

samajhte hain sheron ko bhi narm chaara
ghazaalaan-e-shahri se hoshyaar rahnaa

hai ashk-o-aah raas hamaare mizaaj ko
yaani pale hue isi aab-o-havaa ke hain

thi chheD usi taraf se varna
main aur majaal aarzu ki

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

dekh kar mujh ko tujhe kyuun hai tahayyur naaseh
mashrab-e-ishq hai ye mazhab-e-islaam nahin

uTThi hai jab se dil mein mire ishq ki tarang
shaadi o gham hain aage mire donon ek rang

do aalam se guzar ke bhi dil-e-aashiq hai aavaara
abhi tak ye musaafir apni manzil par nahin aayaa

yuun bhi milaa hai husn kaa andaaz ishq mein
bikhri hai un ki zulf pareshaan huaa huun main