dil ke ujDe nagar ko kar aabaad — Sahba Akhtar

shaayad vo sang-dil ho kabhi maail-e-karam
surat na de yaqin ki is ehtimaal ko

'sahbaa' saahab dariyaa ho to dariyaa jaisi baat karo
tez havaa se lahar to ik jauhaD mein bhi aa jaati hai

main use samjhun na samjhun dil ko hotaa hai zarur
laala o gul par gumaan ik ajnabi tahrir kaa

tum ne kahaa thaa chup rahnaa so chup ne bhi kyaa kaam kiyaa
chup rahne ki aadat ne kuchh aur hamein badnaam kiyaa

agar shuur na ho to bahisht hai duniyaa
baDe azaab mein guzri hai aagahi ke saath

miri tanhaaiyon ko kaun samjhe
main saaya huun magar khud se judaa huun

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

vaa'da amir-e-shahr kaa dariyaa-dili kaa thaa
dekh un kaa faiz shahr ko dariyaa banaa diyaa

aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage