us ke alfaaz-e-tasalli ne rulaayaa mujh ko — Zaheer Siddiqui

na jaane ham se gila kyuun hai tishna-kaamon ko
hamaare haath mein mai thi na daur-e-saaghar thaa

itne chehron mein mujhe hai ek chehre ki talaash
jis ko main ne kho ke paayaa paa ke khoyaa subh tak

jaise jaise aagahi baDhti gai vaise 'zahir'
zehn o dil ik dusre se munfasil hote gae

zarre zarre mein bikhar jaanaa hai takmil-e-hayaat
mujh ko ye zebaa nahin ab zaat mein simTaa rahun

dard to zakhm ki paTTi ke haTaane se uThaa
aur kuchh aur bhi marham ke lagaane se uThaa

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

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

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

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

zaraa der baiThe the tanhaai mein
tiri yaad aankhein dukhaane lagi