mausam 'ajib rahtaa hai dil ke dayaar kaa — Qaisar Shameem

kisi manzil mein bhi haasil na huaa dil ko qaraar
zindagi khvaahish-e-naakaam hi karte guzri

us ke aangan mein raushni thi magar
ghar ke andar baDaa andheraa thaa

sabz mausam se mujhe kyaa lenaa
shaakh se apni judaa huun baabaa

meraa mazhab ishq kaa mazhab jis mein koi tafriq nahin
mere halqe mein aate hain 'tulsi' bhi aur 'jaami' bhi

saaz se mere ghalat naghmon ki ummid na kar
aag ki aag hai dil mein to dhuaan kyunkar ho

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

barseingi aaj rahmatein aamad hai yaar ki
naayaab hain ye ghaDiyaan tire intizaar ki

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

ai dost is zamaan-o-makaan ke azaab mein
dushman hai jo kisi ko duaa-e-hayaat de