kal jahaan divaar hi divaar thi — Tauqeer Taqi

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

hijr thaa baar-e-amaanat ki tarah
so ye gham aakhiri hichki se uThaa

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

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

na aao is taraf ai hazrat-e-ishq
chale jaao gharibon kaa ye ghar hai

teraa qusur-vaar khudaa kaa gunaahgaar
jo kuchh ki thaa yahi dil-e-khaana-kharaab thaa

puchhte kyaa ho khabar ishq ke bimaaron ki
saikDon rog hain kuchh had nahin aazaaron ki

dil mein tere chehra-e-pur-nur ko kartaa huun yaad
ishq-e-gesu mein huaa kartaa hai saudaa raat ko