is tarah chashm-e-nim-vaa ghaafil bhi thi bedaar bhi — Syed Amin Ashraf

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

kisi se ishq ho jaane ko afsaana nahin kahte
ki afsaane mata-e-kucha-o-baazaar hote hain

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

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

isi liye to main aankhein jhukaae rahtaa huun
tiri shabih na aae kharaab aankhon mein