kitaab-e-ishq likh rakkhi hai dil par — Saeed Ahmad Akhtar

ye miraa ilhaam hai vo miri tadbir hai
main na junun kaa asiir main na khirad kaa ghulaam

ek ham tinon mein mar jaae to chhap jaaegi
likh to rakkhi hai tiri prem kahaani main ne

sajda kahaan lagaa hai hamaari jabin kaa
charchaa hai phir falak pe tire dar-nashin kaa

shabaab tum se karegaa jo tum ne ham se kiyaa
tumhaaraa husn bhi niklegaa bevafaa mausam

aayaa thaa sun ke shahr mein daulat ki rel-pel
kal mill mein kaT ke mar gayaa beTaa kisaan kaa

mire to phuul bhi tum ho sabaa bhi khushbu bhi
nahin ho tum to nahin mere kaam kaa mausam

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

yazid-e-vaqt ne ab ke lagaai hai qadghan
ki bhuul kar bhi na gaae koi taraana-e-ishq

sab apne apne tariqe se bhiik maangte hain
koi ba-naam-e-mohabbat koi ba-jaama-e-ishq

ishq mein aur bhi divaana banaa deti hai
meri aavaaz mein mil kar tiri aavaaz mujhe

chaman mein shor hai bhanvron ki chaahat kaa bahut lekin
mohabbat gul ki bulbul se hai khaamoshi ke parde mein