main to sab kuchh bhuul chukaa huun — Prem Bhandari

khel-kud kar shaam Dhale kyuun
apne ghar ko jaati dhuup

aag lagaai tum ne hi to
logon ne to sirf havaa di

jaane kyuun log miraa naam paDhaa karte hain
main ne chehre pe tire yuun to likhaa kuchh bhi nahin

chhupi hai an-ginat chingaariyaan lafzon ke daaman mein
zaraa paDhnaa ghazal ki ye kitaab aahista aahista

shaam hui to suraj soche
saaraa din bekaar jale the

saari saari raat main jaagaa
vo meri aankhon mein soyaa

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aae
is ke baa'd aae jo azaab aae

sakht hai hairat hamein jo zer-e-abru khaal hai
ham to sunte the ki kaabe mein koi hindu nahin

mausam sukhaa sukhaa saa thaa lekin ye kyaa baat hui
keval us ke kamre mein hi raat gae barsaat hui