aarzu hasrat aur ummid shikaayat aansu — Sarwar Alam Raz

kam-ayaari ne khudaa-soz banaayaa aisaa
but to sab yaad rahe ek khudaa bhuul gae

shauq hai tujh ko zamaane mein tiraa naam rahe
aur mujhe Dar hai mohabbat miri bad-naam na ho

tu ne kab ishq mein achchhaa buraa sochaa 'sarvar'
kaise mumkin hai ki teraa buraa anjaam na ho

dekh ye jazb-e-mohabbat kaa karishma to nahin
kal jo tere dil mein thaa vo aaj mere dil mein hai

bayaan qissa-e-bechaargi kiyaa jaae
jo dil ki rah gai dil mein use kahaa jaae

be-kaif javaani hai be-dard zamaana hai
naakaam-e-mohabbat kaa itnaa hi fasaana hai

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

kal laD gayaa ki aur pe aashiq hai tu 'asad'
aayaa hai jab vo yaan to ik ilzaam de gayaa

kaun suntaa hai bhikaari ki sadaaein is liye
kuchh zarifaana latife yaad kar lete hain ham

ye ham ko chhoD ke tanhaa kahaan chale 'vaamiq'
abhi to manzil-e-meraaj-e-daar baaqi hai