jaan dene ke sivaa aur bhi tadbir karun — 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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

dekhiye to hai kaarvaan varna
har musaafir safar mein tanhaa hai

haath phir baDh rahaa hai su-e-jaam
zindagi ki udaasiyon ko salaam

kuchh zamaane ki ravish ne sakht mujh ko kar diyaa
aur kuchh bedard main us ko bhulaane se huaa