hijr thaa baar-e-amaanat ki tarah — Tauqeer Taqi

kal jahaan divaar hi divaar thi
ab vahaan dar hai jabin hai ishq hai

yahin aanaa hai bhaTakti hui aavaazon ko
yaani kuchh baat to hai koh-e-nidaa mein aisi

ab zamaane mein mohabbat hai tamaashe ki tarah
is tamaashe se bahaltaa nahin tu bhi main bhi

daaman bachaa rahe the ki chehra bhi jal gayaa
kis aag se guzar ke tiri raushni mein aae

badan mein dil thaa muallaq khalaa mein nazrein thiin
magar kahin kahin siine mein dard zinda thaa

lafz ki qaid se rihaa ho jaa
aa miri aankh se adaa ho jaa

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

kuchh zamaane ki ravish ne sakht mujh ko kar diyaa
aur kuchh bedard main us ko bhulaane se huaa

tu chalaa gayaa hai to shahr phir vahi dasht-e-gham hai mire liye
vahi main huun aur miri zindagi mire aansuon mein bhari hui