husn aisaa thaa ki har ik aainaa kam paD gayaa — Shahnawaz Farooqi

kitaab-e-ishq mein saae kaa matlab
dar-o-divaar kaa saaya nahin hai

kabhi ye gham thaa ki samjhaa nahin koi ham ko
aur ab ye Dar ki kisi ne samajh liyaa hi na ho

judaai se ziyaada jaan-levaa
mohabbat mein mohabbat ki kami hai

ye jahaan ek tamaashaa hai sabhi kahte hain
tum na hote to ise ham bhi tamaashaa kahte

vo mire bas ko kaise samjhegaa
jo miri bebasi ko samjhaa nahin

dard thaa haijaan thaa par aankh mein aansu na the
jaise dil tak aate aate haadisa kam paD gayaa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

tumhin ko chaaheinge zindagi bhar kisi se ulfat nahin kareinge
jo kah diyaa hai so kah diyaa hai nai mohabbat nahin kareinge

tamaam umr jo ki ham se be-rukhi sab ne
kafan mein ham bhi azizon se munh chhupaa ke chale

use zid ki 'vaamiq'-e-shikva-gar kisi raaz se na ho baa-khabar
mujhe naaz hai ki ye dida-var miri umr bhar ki talaash hai