kis tarah apni mohabbat ki main takmil karun — Qateel Shifai

abhi to baat karo ham se doston ki tarah
phir ikhtilaaf ke pahlu nikaalte rahnaa

aakhri hichki tire zaanun pe aae
maut bhi main shaairaana chaahtaa huun

apne haathon ki lakiron mein sajaa le mujh ko
main huun teraa tu nasib apnaa banaa le mujh ko

nikal kar dair-o-kaaba se agar miltaa na but-khaana
to Thukraae hue insaan khudaa jaane kahaan jaate

kyuun sharik-e-gham banaate ho kisi ko ai 'qatil'
apni suuli apne kaandhe par uThaao chup raho

ab jis ke ji mein aae vahi paae raushni
ham ne to dil jalaa ke sar-e-aam rakh diyaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

aansu miri aankhon se nikal jaate hain aksar
vo daur-e-mohabbat kabhi bhulaa to nahin huun

falak detaa hai jin ko 'aish un ko gham bhi hote hain
jahaan bajte hain naqqaare vahaan maatam bhi hote hai

kufr-o-islaam ne maqsad ko pahunchne na diyaa
kaaba-o-dair ko sang-e-rah-e-manzil samjhaa