rafta rafta meri al-gharzi asar karti rahi — Shaad Aarfi

jab chali apnon ki gardan par chali
chuum luun munh aap ki talvaar kaa

jahaan-e-dard mein insaaniyat ke naate se
koi bayaan kare meri daastaan hogi

shaikh par haath uThaane ke nahin ham qaael
haath uThaane ki jo Thaani hai to baatil se uThaa

ab unhein tashrif laanaa chaahiye
raat mein likhti hai raani raat ki

kahin fitrat badal sakti hai naamon ke badalne se
janaab-e-shaikh ko main barhaman kah duun to kyaa hogaa

dekh kar shaair ne us ko nukta-e-hikmat kahaa
aur be-soche zamaane ne use ''aurat'' kahaa

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

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

charchaa hamaaraa ishq ne kyuun jaa-ba-jaa kiyaa
dil us ko de diyaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa kiyaa