yaad na aane kaa vaada kar ke — 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

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

us ki yaad aai hai saanso zaraa aahista chalo
dhaDkanon se bhi ibaadat mein khalal paDtaa hai

hairat hai tum ko dekh ke masjid mein ai 'khumaar'
kyaa baat ho gai jo khudaa yaad aa gayaa

honTon pe tabassum kaa labaada to nahin thaa
ai dil sam-e-andoh ziyaada to nahin thaa

bas nahin chaltaa hai varna apne mar jaane ke saath
pheink dete khod kar duniyaa ki sab buniyaad ham