muddat hui ik shakhs ne dil toD diyaa thaa — Saqi Faruqi

vo miri ruuh ki uljhan kaa sabab jaantaa hai
jism ki pyaas bujhaane pe bhi raazi niklaa

duniyaa pe apne ilm ki parchhaaiyaan na Daal
ai raushni-farosh andheraa na kar abhi

khaak main us ki judaai mein pareshaan phirun
jab ki ye milnaa bichhaDnaa miri marzi niklaa

hairaani mein huun aakhir kis ki parchhaain huun
vo bhi dhyaan mein aayaa jis kaa saaya koi na thaa

pyaas baDhti jaa rahi hai bahtaa dariyaa dekh kar
bhaagti jaati hain lahrein ye tamaashaa dekh kar

haadsa ye hai ki ham jaan na moattar kar paae
vo to khush-bu thaa use yuun bhi bikhar jaanaa thaa

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai