aah to ab bhi dil se uThti hai — Karamat Bukhari

zaruri to nahin ik fasl-e-gul ho
junun ke aur bhi mausam bahut hain

har soch mein sangin fazaaon kaa fasaana
har fikr mein shaamil huaa tahrir kaa maatam

parvaaz mein thaa amn kaa maasum parinda
sunte hain ki be-chaara shajar tak nahin pahunchaa

ek nazar mein us ne har ik dil ko jiit liyaa
ek nazar mein us ke ho gae jaane kitne log

main ki tere dhyaan mein gum thaa
duniyaa mujh ko DhunDh rahi thi

muddat se mohabbat ke safar mein huun 'karaamat'
lekin abhi chaahat ke nagar tak nahin pahunchaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

gulon se nahin shaakh ke dil se puchho
ki ye bad-numaa khaar kitnaa hasin hai

badle hue se lagte hain ab mausamon ke rang
paDtaa hai aasmaan kaa saayaa zamin par

aane vaali hai kyaa balaa sar par
aaj phir dil mein dard hai kam kam

gham natija hai khushi ki intihaa kaa ai 'kalim'
dil ki ik ik mauj mauj-e-shaadmaani ho to kyaa