is shor-e-talaatum mein koi kis ko pukaare — Shakeb Jalali

aalam mein jis ki dhuum thi us shaahkaar par
dimak ne jo likhe kabhi vo tabsire bhi dekh

dil saa anmol ratan kaun kharidegaa 'shakeb'
jab bikegaa to ye be-daam hi bik jaaegaa

rote hain dil ke zakhm to hanstaa nahin koi
itnaa to faaeda mujhe tanhaaiyon se hai

khud apni aag se shaayad gudaaz ho jaaein
paraai aag se kab sang-dil pighalte hain

ham-safar rah gae bahut pichhe
aao kuchh der ko Thahar jaaein

jo motiyon ki talab ne kabhi udaas kiyaa
to ham bhi raah se kankar sameT laae bahut

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

aadat ke baa'd dard bhi dene lagaa mazaa
hans hans ke aah aah kiye jaa rahaa huun main

naaz kar naaz tire naaz pe hai naaz mujhe
meri tanhaai hai partav tiri yaktaai kaa

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage