talaash-e-surat-e-taskin na kar auhaam-hasati mein — Mumtaz Ahmad Khan Khushtar

ghubaar-e-zindagi mein lailaa-e-maqsud kyaa maani
vo divaane hain jo is gard ko mahmil samajhte hain

gham-o-karb-o-alam se duur apni zindagi kyuun ho
yahi jiine kaa saamaan hain to phir in mein kami kyuun ho

usi ko ham samajh lete hain apnaa saadgi dekho
jo apne saath raah-e-shauq mein do gaam aataa hai

gham na apnaa na ab khushi apni
yaani duniyaa badal gai apni

kahaan rah jaae thak kar rah-navard-e-gham khudaa jaane
hazaaron manzilein hain manzil-e-aaraam aane tak

jab se fareb-e-zist mein aane lagaa huun main
khud apni mushkilon ko baDhaane lagaa huun main

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi