jis ko dil se lagaa ke rakkhaa thaa — Safiya Shamim

dasht gulzaar huaa jaataa hai
kyaa yahaan ahl-e-vafaa baiThe the

ronaa mujhe khizaan kaa nahin kuchh magar 'shamim'
is kaa gila hai aai chaman mein bahaar kyuun

hosh aayaa to kahin kuchh bhi na thaa
ham bhi kis bazm mein jaa baiThe the

honaa hai dard-e-ishq se gar lazzat-aashnaa
dil ko kharaab-e-talkhi-e-hijraan to kijiye

bahaar-e-nau ki phir hai aamad aamad
chaman ujDaa koi phir ham-nafas kyaa

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

tum kyon udaas ho gae maidaan-e-hashr mein
kah do to dil ki dil mein miri daastaan rahe

us ne meri shaakhon ko is tarah numu bakhshi
zakhm ke khileinge phuul dard kaa chaman hogaa

kamre mein dhuaan dard ki pahchaan banaa thaa
kal raat koi phir miraa mehmaan banaa thaa