zaraa ruuTh jaane pe itni khushaamad — Qamar Jalalvi

sunaa hai ghair ki mahfil mein tum na jaaoge
kaho to aaj sajaa luun gharib-khaane ko

har vaqt mahviyat hai yahi sochtaa huun main
kyuun barq ne jalaayaa miraa aashiyaan na puchh

nasheman khaak hone se vo sadma dil ko pahunchaa hai
ki ab ham se koi bhi raushni dekhi nahin jaati

'qamar' afshaan chuni hai rukh pe us ne is saliqe se
sitaare aasmaan se dekhne ko aae jaate hain

unhein khat mein likkhaa thaa dil muztarib hai javaab un kaa aayaa mohabbat na karte
tumhein dil lagaane ko kis ne kahaa thaa bahal jaaegaa dil bahalte bahalte

zabt kartaa huun to ghuTtaa hai qafas mein miraa dam
aah kartaa huun to sayyaad khafaa hotaa hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

nahin nahin main bahut khush rahaa huun tere baghair
yaqin kar ki ye haalat abhi abhi hui hai

aaj bahut din baa'd main apne kamre tak aa niklaa thaa
juun hi darvaaza kholaa hai us ki khushbu aai hai

khush-numaa lafzon ki rishvat de ke raazi kijiye
ruuh ki tauhin par aamaada rahtaa hai badan

tum aake lauT gae phir bhi ho yahin maujud
tumhaare jism ki khushbu mire makaan mein hai

ye zindagi hai apni kabhi khush kabhi udaas
is kashmakash se mujh ko khudaayaa rihaai de