dard ki chaah mein pahle to kuredun shab-bhar — Khalid Nadeem Shaani

tum in lakiron mein ik khushi bhi talaash kar lo to moajiza hai
ki main to bachpan se jaantaa huun miri hatheli kaa naam dukh hai

hazrat-e-josh ke divaan kaa jab zikr chale
kitni hasrat se hamein urdu zabaan dekhti hai

hami vo ilm ke raushan charaagh hain jin ko
havaa bujhaati nahin hai salaam karti hai

jis tarah aap ne bimaar se rukhsat li hai
saaf lagtaa hai janaaze mein nahin aaeinge

kahaan se aai thi aakhir tiri talab mujh mein
khudaa ne mujh ko banaayaa to main akelaa thaa

main agar khud ko maar Daalun to
kyaa bachegaa tiri kahaani mein

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

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

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate