mere ash'aar churaane vaalo — Paraveen Rai

puchh kar kaun dil dukhaataa hai
haadse kab bataa ke hote hain

pahle zakhmon se ham navaaze gae
phir dilaasa diyaa gayaa ham ko

khaamoshi mein rahne vaale logon ko
sannaaTe ki guunj sunaai deti hai

us se hi to chalte hain kaarobaar gulshan ke
vo hi raat-raani hai vo hi gul-hazaara hai

yuun samajhiye ghazal mukammal hai
jab mohabbat baghal mein baiThi ho

adhure rah gae ham is liye bhi
koi ham ko mukammal chaahiye thaa

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

zindagi kaa har ik gham uThaate hue
main sanbhalne lagaa laDkhaDaate hue

main phir rahaa huun shahr mein saDkon pe ghaaliban
aavaaz de ke mujh ko miraa ghar pukaar le

us but ke nahaane se huaa saaf ye paani
moti bhi sadaf mein tah-e-dariyaa nazar aayaa