hazaar husn dil-aaraa-e-do-jahaan hotaa — Ravish Siddiqi

jo raah ahl-e-khirad ke liye hai laa-mahdud
junun-e-ishq mein vo chand gaam hoti hai

koh sangin haqaaeq thaa jahaan
husn kaa khvaab taraashaa ham ne

hazaar rukh tire milne ke hain na milne mein
kise firaaq kahun aur kise visaal kahun

vo shakhs apni jagah hai muraqqa-e-tahzib
ye aur baat hai ki qaatil usi kaa naam bhi hai

sakht jaan-levaa hai saadgi mohabbat ki
zahr ki kasauTi par zindagi ko kasti hai

naqaab-e-shab mein chhup kar kis ki yaad aai samajhte hain
ishaare ham tire ai sham-e-tanhaai samajhte hain

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

aag paani se bhaap uThti rahi
ham samajhte rahe mohabbat hai

'aarzu' be-asar mohabbat chhoD
kyuun kare kaam jab nahin aataa

fikr-e-sukhan talaash-e-maaash o khayaal-e-yaar
gham kam huaa to haan dil-e-be-gham se hovegaa

ishq kaa zauq-e-nazaara muft mein badnaam hai
husn khud be-taab hai jalva dikhaane ke liye