puchh kar kaun dil dukhaataa hai — Paraveen Rai

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

mere ash'aar churaane vaalo
kyaa miraa dard churaa sakte ho

yuun samajhiye ghazal mukammal hai
jab mohabbat baghal mein baiThi ho

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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam
ye gulshan-e-dil hai ki bayaabaan kahin kaa

ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang

dil ki taklif kam nahin karte
ab koi shikva ham nahin karte

ashk Dhalte nahin dekhe jaate
dil pighalte nahin dekhe jaate