main chaahtaa huun mujhe mashalon ke saath jalaa — Afzal Ahmad Syed

kamaan-e-khaana-e-aflaak ke muqaabil bhi
main us se aur vo phir kaj-kulaah mujh se huaa

kamaan-e-shaakh se gul kis hadaf ko jaate hain
nasheb-e-khaak mein jaa kar mujhe khayaal aayaa

is dil ko kisi dast-e-adaa-sanj mein rakhnaa
mumkin hai ye mizaan-e-kam-o-besh jalaa de

main dil ko us ki taghaaful-saraa se le aayaa
aur apne khaana-e-vahshat mein zer-e-daam rakhaa

use ajab thaa ghurur-e-shaguft-e-rukhsaari
bahaar-e-gul ko bahut be-hunar kahaa us ne

yahi bahut the mujhe naan o aab o shama o gul
safar-nazhaad thaa asbaab mukhtasar rakkhaa

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

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

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

mohabbat jurm hai to phir sazaa bhi ek jaisi ho
koi rusvaa koi mashhur ho aisaa nahin hotaa

ki hai koi hasin khataa har khataa ke saath
thoDaa saa pyaar bhi mujhe de do sazaa ke saath