aql se sirf zehan raushan thaa — Naresh Kumar Shad

mahfil un ki saaqi un kaa
aankhein apni baaqi un kaa

tufaan-e-gham ki tund havaaon ke baavajud
ik sham-e-aarzu hai jo ab tak bujhi nahin

ye soch kar bhi hans na sake ham shikasta-dil
yaaraan-e-gham-gusaar kaa dil TuuT jaaegaa

tu mire gham mein na hansti hui aankhon ko rulaa
main to mar mar ke bhi ji saktaa huun meraa kyaa hai

tiraa hijr meraa nasib hai tiraa gham hi meri hayaat hai
mujhe teri duuri kaa gham ho kyon tu kahin bhi ho mire paas hai

itnaa bhi naa-umid dil-e-kam-nazar na ho
mumkin nahin ki shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

donon aankhein dil jigar hain ishq hone mein sharik
ye to sab achchhe raheinge mujh par ilzaam aaegaa

namaaz-e-ishq tumhaari qubul ho jaati
agar sharaab se tum ai 'ratan' vazu karte

dhuaan dhuaan hai fazaa raushni bahut kam hai
sabhi se pyaar karo zindagi bahut kam hai

kaar-e-duniyaa ko bhi kaar-e-ishq mein shaamil samajh
is liye ai zindagi teri pata rakhtaa huun main