baad-e-tark-e-ulfat bhi yuun to ham jiye lekin — Zuhoor Nazar

barson se khaDaa huun haath uThaae
taasir-e-duaa kaa muntazir huun

ghar se us kaa bhi nikalnaa ho gayaa aakhir muhaal
meri rusvaai se shohrat ku-ba-ku us ki bhi thi

vo jise saare zamaane ne kahaa meraa raqib
main ne us ko ham-safar jaanaa ki tu us ki bhi thi

na so sakaa huun na shab jaag kar gizaari hai
ajiib din hain sukun hai na be-qaraari hai

sunte hain chamaktaa hai vo chaand ab bhi sar-e-baam
hasrat hai ki bas ek nazar dekh lein ham bhi

vo bhi shaayad ro paDe viraan kaaghaz dekh kar
main ne us ko aakhiri khat mein likhaa kuchh bhi nahin

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

surur-e-jaan-fazaa deti hai aaghosh-e-vatan sab ko
ki jaise bhi hon bachche maan ko pyaare ek jaise hain

'ishq mein intihaa ki had na hui
'aashiqi teri mustanad na hui

mohabbat phuul banne par lagi thi
palaT kar phir kali kar li hai main ne

kuchh aur vus'atein darkaar hain mohabbat ko
visaal-o-hijr pe daar-o-madaar mushkil hai