jo dil ne kahi lab pe kahaan aai hai dekho — Zehra Nigaah

dekho vo bhi hain jo sab kah sakte the
dekho un ke munh par taale ab bhi hain

uTho ki jashn-e-khizaan ham manaaein ji bhar ke
bahaar aae gulistaan mein kab khudaa jaane

kahaan ke ishq-o-mohabbat kidhar ke hijr o visaal
abhi to log taraste hain zindagi ke liye

divaanon ko ab vusat-e-sahraa nahin darkaar
vahshat ke liye saaya-e-divaar bahut hai

koi hangaama sar-e-bazm uThaayaa jaae
kuchh kiyaa jaae charaaghon ko bujhaayaa jaae

dekhte dekhte ik ghar ke rahne vaale
apne apne khaanon mein baT jaate hain

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

vo dard huun koi chaara nahin hai jis kaa kahin
vo zakhm huun ki hai dushvaar indimaal miraa

dard mein lazzat bahut ashkon mein raanaai bahut
ai gham-e-hasti hamein duniyaa pasand aai bahut