ab raqib-e-bul-havas hain ishq-baaz — Meer Mehdi Majrooh

churaa ke muTThi mein dil ko chhupaae baiThe hain
bahaanaa ye hai ki mehndi lagaae baiThe hain

shaghl-e-ulfat ko jo ahbaab buraa kahte hain
kuchh samajh mein nahin aataa ki ye kyaa kahte hain

itnaa mardud huun ki Dar hai mujhe
qabr se pheink de zamin na kahin

apni kashti kaa hai khudaa haafiz
pichhe tufaan hai saamne girdaab

kyuun paas mire aa kar yuun baiThe ho munh phere
kyaa lab tire misri hain main jin ko chabaa jaataa

aa hi kuudaa thaa dair mein vaaiz
ham ne Taalaa khudaa khudaa kar ke

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jin dinon 'ishq nahin hotaa thaa
kaale paani ki sazaa hoti thi

bhulne vaale tujhe yaad kiyaa hai barson
dil-e-viraan ko yuun aabaad kiyaa hai barson

pahle pahle khuub mohabbat ki ham ne
phir ham donon ne ye rasta chhoD diyaa

na jaane kaun si manzil pe ishq aa pahunchaa
duaa bhi kaam na aae koi davaa na lage