jis sadi mein vafaa kaa chalan hi nahin — Mansoor Usmani

haalaat kyaa ye tere bichhaDne se ho gae
lagtaa hai jaise ham kisi mele mein kho gae

aankhon se mohabbat ke ishaare nikal aae
barsaat ke mausam mein sitaare nikal aae

mujh se dilli ki nahin dil ki kahaani suniye
shahr to ye bhi kai baar luTaa hai mujh mein

jahaan jahaan koi urdu zabaan boltaa hai
vahin vahin miraa hindostaan boltaa hai

apni taarif suni hai to ye sach bhi sun le
tujh se achchhaa tiraa kirdaar nahin ho saktaa

shabnam ki jagah aag ki baarish ho magar ham
'mansur' na maangeinge duaa aur tarah ki

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

daam-e-har-mauj mein hai halqa-e-sad-kaam-e-nahang
dekhein kyaa guzre hai qatre pe guhar hote tak

agle vaqton ke hain ye log inhein kuchh na kaho
jo mai o naghma ko andoh-rubaa kahte hain