ek chehra hai jo aankhon mein basaa rahtaa hai — Javed Naseemi

chaand kaa qurb lagaa kaisaa chalo puchh aaein
aasmaanon ke safar se vo palaT aayaa hai

dar-ba-dar ho gae taabir ki dhun mein kitne
in hasin khvaabon se baDh kar koi saffaak nahin

jise na aane ki qasmein main de ke aayaa huun
usi ke qadmon ki aahaT kaa intizaar bhi hai

muddat hui ki zinda huun dekhe baghair use
vo shakhs mere dil se utar to nahin gayaa

zaraa qarib se dekhun to koi raaz khule
yahaan to har koi lagtaa hai aadmi jaisaa

zinda rahne ke liye asbaab de
meri aankhon ko tu apne khvaab de

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

dasht ki naa-tamaam raahon par
koi saathi hai to shajar tanhaa

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin