nashsha-e-yaar kaa nasha mat puchh — Razi Raziuddin

tamaam raat tiraa intizaar hotaa rahaa
ye ek kaam yahi kaarobaar hotaa rahaa

dil ko jalaae rakkhaa hai ham ne charaagh saa
is ghar mein ham hain aur tiraa intizaar hai

tum na the to yahaan pe koi na thaa
aaj kitne divaane baiThe hain

qalb-o-jigar ke daagh farozaan kiye hue
hain ham bhi ehtimaam-e-bahaaraan kiye hue

us kaa jalva dikhaai detaa hai
saare chehron pe sab kitaabon mein

tumhaare shahr mein kyuun aaj hu kaa aalam hai
sabaa idhar se guzar kar udhar gai ki nahin

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

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

jo munh se kahte hain kuchh aur karte hain kuchh aur
vahi zamaana mein kuchh ikhtiyaar rakhte hain

kam-ayaari ne khudaa-soz banaayaa aisaa
but to sab yaad rahe ek khudaa bhuul gae

hai ayaan ru-e-yaar aankhon mein
chhaai hai kyaa bahaar aankhon mein

ghazal kahne mein yuun to koi dushvaari nahin hoti
magar ik masala ye hai ki meyaari nahin hoti