kal thake-haare parindon ne nasihat ki mujhe — Mohsin Naqvi

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

tumhein jab ru-ba-ru dekhaa kareinge
ye sochaa hai bahut sochaa kareinge

mausam-e-zard mein ek dil ko bachaaun kaise
aisi rut mein to ghane peD bhi jhaD jaate hain

kaun si baat hai tum mein aisi
itne achchhe kyuun lagte ho

baDi umr ke baa'd in aankhon mein koi abr utraa tiri yaadon kaa
mire dil ki zamin aabaad hui mire gham kaa nagar shaadaab huaa

azal se qaaem hain donon apni zidon pe 'mohsin'
chalegaa paani magar kinaara nahin chalegaa

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

sunaa hai phuul jhaDe the jahaan tire lab se
vahaan bahaar utarti hai roz shaam ke saath

main ek sham-e-sar-e-rah-guzaar huun 'ajmal'
na jaane kis liye mujh ko bujhaanaa chaahtaa hai

jalaa vo shama ki aandhi jise bujhaa na sake
vo naqsh ban ki zamaana jise miTaa na sake