apni pahchaan ke sab rang miTaa do na kahin — Zubair Rizvi

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

surkhiyaan akhbaar ki galiyon mein ghul karti rahin
log apne band kamron mein paDe sote rahe

auraton ki aankhon par kaale kaale chashme the sab ki sab barahana thiin
zaahidon ne jab dekhaa saahilon kaa ye manzar likh diyaa gunaahon mein

sukhan ke kuchh to guhar main bhi nazr kartaa chalun
ajab nahin ki karein yaad maah o saal mujhe

zindagi jin ki rifaaqat pe bahut naazaan thi
un se bichhDi to koi aankh mein aansu bhi nahin

ye lamha lamha takalluf ke TuTte rishte
na itne paas mire aa ki tu puraanaa lage

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

sab ko bataa diyaa ki main behad udaas huun
itni si baat ko bhi khabar kar diyaa gayaa

fikr-e-fardaa gham-e-imroz gham-e-maut-o-hayaat
aadmi kyaa huaa majmua-e-aalaam huaa