naa-shanaasaan-e-mohabbat kaa gila kyaa ki yahaan — Shaukat Pardesi

ye kaisi be-qaraari sunne vaalon ke dilon mein hai
varaq dohraa rahaa hai kyaa koi meri kahaani kaa

un ki nigaah-e-naaz ki gardish ke saath saath
mahsus ye huaa ki zamaana badal gayaa

us ki hansi tum kyaa samjho
vo jo pahron royaa hai

ai inqalaab-e-nau tiri raftaar dekh kar
khud ham bhi sochte hain ki ab tak kahaan rahe

sharik-e-dard nahin jab koi to ai 'shaukat'
khud apni zaat ki bechaargi ghanimat hai

hudud-e-jism se aage baDhe to ye dekhaa
ki tishnagi thi barahna tiri adaaon tak

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

aatish-e-ishq vo jahannam hai
jis mein firdaus ke nazaare hain

mohabbat karne vaale dard mein tanhaa nahin hote
jo ruThoge kabhi mujh se to apnaa dil dukhaaoge

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