pheink de khushk phuul yaadon ke — 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

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

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

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

sochtaa huun ki us ki yaad aakhir
ab kise raat bhar jagaati hai

ab to har baat yaad rahti hai
ghaaliban main kisi ko bhuul gayaa

kabhi neki bhi us ke ji mein gar aa jaae hai mujh se
jafaaein kar ke apni yaad sharmaa jaae hai mujh se

aql ko tanqid se fursat nahin
ishq par aamaal ki buniyaad rakh