kisi ke ishq mein barbaad honaa — Manish Shukla

aakhir ham ko be-zaari tak le aai
har shai par girvida rahne ki aadat

chand lakirein to is darja gahri thiin
dekhne vaalaa Duub gayaa tasviron mein

kitni ujlat mein miTaa Daalaa gayaa
aag mein sab kuchh jalaa Daalaa gayaa

baat karne kaa hasin taur-tariqa sikhaa
ham ne urdu ke bahaane se saliqa sikhaa

miri aavaargi hi mere hone ki alaamat hai
mujhe phir is safar ke baa'd bhi koi safar denaa

ab apnaa chehra begaana lagtaa hai
ham ko thi sanjida rahne ki aadat

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

rah gayaa dard dil ke pahlu mein
ye jo ulfat thi dard-e-sar na hui

main hikaayat-e-dil-e-be-navaa mein ishaarat-e-gham-e-jaavidaan
main vo harf-e-aakhir-e-motabar jo likhaa gayaa na paDhaa gayaa

meraa ishq to khair miri mahrumi kaa parvarda thaa
kyaa maalum thaa vo bhi degaa meraa itnaa TuuT ke saath

is tarah sataayaa hai pareshaan kiyaa hai
goyaa ki mohabbat nahin ehsaan kiyaa hai