pyaas ko pyaar karnaa thaa keval — Navin C. Chaturvedi

bhulaa diyaa hai jo tu ne to kuchh malaal nahin
kai dinon se mujhe bhi tiraa khayaal nahin

miraa saaya mire bas mein nahin hai
magar duniyaa pe daavaa kar rahaa huun

baghair puchhe mire sar mein bhar diyaa mazhab
main roktaa bhi to kaise ki main to bachcha thaa

kis ko fursat hai jo harfon ki haraarat samjhaae
baat aasaani tak aae to sabhi tak pahunche

nae safar kaa har ik moD bhi nayaa thaa magar
har ek moD pe koi sadaaein detaa thaa

parson main baazaar gayaa thaa darpan lene ki khaatir
kyaa bolun dukaan pe hi main sharm ke maare gaD baiThaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jaane kitne Dubne vaale saahil par bhi Duub gae
pyaare! tufaanon mein rah kar itnaa bhi ghabraanaa kyaa

mujhe to ishq hai phulon mein sirf khushbu se
bulaa rahi hai kisi laala ki mahak mujh ko

khvaab dekhaa thaa mohabbat kaa mohabbat ki qasam
phir isi khvaab ki taabir mein masruf thaa main

mohabbat zulf kaa aaseb jaadu hai nigaahon kaa
mohabbat fitna-e-mahshar balaa-e-naa-gahaani hai