udaasi raastaa batlaa rahi hai haath pakDe yuun — Yashvardhan Mishra

dekh saktaa huun binaa chashme ke main
dost teri bevafaai saaf saaf

chaahiye thi aap ki tasvir so
khinch li tasvir main ne chaand ki

raushni bhi tirgi bhi saath hai yaa yuun kahein
zindagi khush hai magar khush bhi tavaaif ki tarah

daf'atan main Thiik ho saktaa huun chaaraagar mire
tu mujhe pahnaa de us ke naam kaa taa'viz gar

rakh liyaa thaa main ne roza jaan tumhaare naam kaa
tum ko dekhaa khvaab mein aur meri sehri ho gai

rang saare aa gae 'aariz pe mere
jab kahaa us ne mujhe holi mubaarak

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

be-sadaa kyuun guzarte ho aavaaz do
ab bhi kuchh log andar makaanon mein hain

khun-e-jigar aankhon se bahaayaa gham kaa sahraa paar kiyaa
teri tamannaa ki kyaa ham ne jivan ko aazaar kiyaa