ab shahr-e-aarzu mein vo raanaaiyaan kahaan — Saghar Siddiqui

kal jinhein chhu nahin sakti thi farishton ki nazar
aaj vo raunaq-e-baazaar nazar aate hain

charaagh-e-tur jalaao baDaa andheraa hai
zaraa naqaab uThaao baDaa andheraa hai

log kahte hain raat biit chuki
mujh ko samjhaao! main sharaabi huun

ye zulf-bar-dosh kaun aayaa ye kis ki aahaT se gul khile hain
mahak rahi hai fazaa-e-hasti tamaam aalam bahaar saa hai

jis ahd mein luT jaae faqiron ki kamaai
us ahd ke sultaan se kuchh bhuul hui hai

teri surat jo ittifaaq se ham
bhuul jaaein to kyaa tamaashaa ho

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

kabhi khauf thaa tire hijr kaa kabhi aarzu ke zavaal kaa
rahaa hijr-o-vasl ke darmiyaan tujhe kho sakaa na main paa sakaa

main nigaah-e-paak se dekhe thaa tire husn-e-paak ko is pe bhi
mire ji mein khvaahish-e-vasl thi tire dil mein bos-o-kanaar thaa

khvaahish-e-vasl kaa mazmun jo kisi satr mein thaa
kyaa kahun khat ko mire paDh ke vo kyaa kyaa uchhlaa

ab zindagi se koi bhi shikva nahin mujhe
tu mil gayaa to koi tamanna nahin mujhe

lauT kar aae vo viraana-e-hasti dekhe
jis ki khvaahish thi ki barbaad kiyaa jaae mujhe