halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se nahin jaane vaalaa — Syed Amin Ashraf

is tarah chashm-e-nim-vaa ghaafil bhi thi bedaar bhi
jaise nasha ho raat kaa yaa subh kaa taDkaa huaa

main par-shikasta na thaa baadalon ke biich magar
miri uDaan kaa zanjir se lipaT jaanaa

hai taa-hadd-e-imkaan koi basti na bayaabaan
aankhon mein koi khvaab dikhaai nahin detaa

ik chaand hai aavaara-o-betaab o falak-taab
ik chaand hai aasudgi-e-hijr kaa maaraa

lazzat-e-did khudaa jaane kahaan le jaae
aankh hoti hai to hotaa nahin qaabu dil par

kahin bhi taair-e-aavaara ho magar tai hai
jidhar kamaan hai udhar jaaegaa kabhi na kabhi

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate