gae bhi jaan se aur koi mutmain na huaa — Shariq Kaifi

bahut hasin raat hai magar tum to so rahe ho
nikal ke kamre se ik nazar chaandni to dekho

vo basti naa-khudaaon ki thi lekin
mile kuchh Dubne vaale vahaan bhi

kis tarah aae hain is pahli mulaaqaat talak
aur mukammal hai judaa hone ki tayyaari bhi

jaise ye mez miTTi kaa haathi ye phuul
ek kone mein ham bhi hain rakkhe hue

manzilon par ham milein ye tai huaa
vaapsi mein saath pakkaa kar liyaa

rukaa mahfil mein itni der tak main
ujaalon kaa buDhaapaa dekh aayaa

divaar ke us paar jaane ki tamanna hai to phir
himmat juTaa kar tum kabhi divaar Dhaate kyon nahin

vo agar inkaar kar de baat us ki maan lo
“ishq karne ke liye itni to himmat chaahiye”

aate hain aane do ye tufaan kyaa le jaaeinge
main to jab Dartaa ki meraa hausla le jaaeinge

kaThin hai kaam to himmat se kaam le ai dil
bigaaD kaam na mushkil samajh ke mushkil ko

ik lahar us ki aankh mein hai hausla-shikan
ik rang us ke chehre pe bahkaane vaalaa hai

kashti bhi nahin badli dariyaa bhi nahin badlaa
aur Dubne vaalon kaa jazba bhi nahin badlaa