jis ko meri haalat kaa ehsaas nahin — Afzaal Firdaus

is tarah sataayaa hai pareshaan kiyaa hai
goyaa ki mohabbat nahin ehsaan kiyaa hai

kisi ne mujh se kah diyaa thaa zindagi pe ghaur kar
main shaakh par khilaa huaa gulaab dekhtaa rahaa

mushkil thaa bahut mere liye tark-e-taalluq
ye kaam bhi tum ne miraa aasaan kiyaa hai

divaaron mein dar hotaa to achchhaa thaa
apnaa koi ghar hotaa to achchhaa thaa

ai mere musavvir nahin ye main to nahin huun
ye tu ne banaa Daali hai tasvir koi aur

rang aa jaate muTThi mein jugnu ban kar
khushbu kaa paikar hotaa to achchhaa thaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

charchaa hamaaraa ishq ne kyuun jaa-ba-jaa kiyaa
dil us ko de diyaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa kiyaa

dil ki haalat se khabar deti hai
'asar' aashufta-bayaani meri

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke

dil ko har lamha bachaate rahe jazbaat se ham
itne majbur rahe hain kabhi haalaat se ham