kahaan pe khologe dard apnaa kise kahoge — Sarwat Zehra

khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai
khvaahishein hain sadiyon ki umr to zaraa si hai

dil ke dariyaa ne kinaaron se mohabbat kar li
tez bahtaa hai magar kam nahin hone paataa

kaise bujhaaein kaun bujhaae bujhe bhi kyuun
is aag ko to khuun mein hal kar diyaa gayaa

ab to sanvaarne ke liye hijr bhi nahin
saaraa vabaal le ke ghazal kar diyaa gayaa

bint-e-havvaa huun main ye miraa jurm hai
aur phir shaaeri to kaDaa jurm hai

jaane vaale ko chale jaanaa hai
phir bhi rasman hi pukaaraa jaae

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

vo dard huun koi chaara nahin hai jis kaa kahin
vo zakhm huun ki hai dushvaar indimaal miraa

bahut ghurur thaa biphre hue samundar ko
magar jo dekhaa mire aansuon se kam-tar thaa

ye zindagi hai apni kabhi khush kabhi udaas
is kashmakash se mujh ko khudaayaa rihaai de