aap jo chashm-tar ho gae — Mehr Zarreen

fanaa ke hosh fanaa hain hamaari vahshat se
vo honge aur ki jin par fanaa kaa zor chale

dil mein miri vahshat ne par jitne nikaale the
main ne unhein bal de kar zanjir banaai hai

basti mein bhi kuchh aise andhere hain jahaan par
jhulse hue jismon kaa shabistaan hain saDkein

maqaam-e-aadmi kuchh kam nahin hai
farishton se to kam aadam nahin hai

raushan hai darakhshaan hai har ashk gharibon kaa
bas in ki badaulat hi har ghar mein divaali hai

ye arsh se aanaa to aaghaaz-e-mohabbat thaa
ab farsh pe aae hain anjaam se kheleinge

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jaan dene ke sivaa aur bhi tadbir karun
varna ye baat to ham us se sadaa kahte hain

kal laD gayaa ki aur pe aashiq hai tu 'asad'
aayaa hai jab vo yaan to ik ilzaam de gayaa

jab yaad mein taDpein to mohabbat ko baDhaa dein
khud dard-e-mohabbat ki masihaai mohabbat