muddat se mohabbat ke safar mein huun 'karaamat' — 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

aah to ab bhi dil se uThti hai
lekin us mein asar nahin hotaa

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

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

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

charchaa hamaaraa ishq ne kyuun jaa-ba-jaa kiyaa
dil us ko de diyaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa kiyaa

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

lailaa chali thi haj ke liye jazb-e-ishq se
naaqa machal ke najd ki manzil mein rah gayaa