muskuraahaT hai husn kaa zevar — Abdul Hamid Adam

saaqi mujhe sharaab ki tohmat nahin pasand
mujh ko tiri nigaah kaa ilzaam chaahiye

taklif miT gai magar ehsaas rah gayaa
khush huun ki kuchh na kuchh to mire paas rah gayaa

sirf ik qadam uThaa thaa ghalat raah-e-shauq mein
manzil tamaam umr mujhe DhunDhti rahi

kahte hain umr-e-rafta kabhi lauTti nahin
jaa mai-kade se meri javaani uThaa ke laa

jin se insaan ko pahunchti hai hamesha taklif
un kaa daavaa hai ki vo asl khudaa vaale hain

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

tilaai rang jaanaan kaa agar mazmun likhun khat mein
to haala gird harfon ke bane sone ke paani kaa

sitam hai sitam kaaba-e-dil kaa Dhaanaa
ye kyaa kar rahe ho ye kyaa ho rahaa hai

haath pistaan pe ghair kaa pahunchaa
aap bhi ab hue anaar-farosh

mujh ko paanaa hai to phir mujh mein utar kar dekho
yuun kinaare se samundar nahin dekhaa jaataa