har aadmi ke qad se us ki qabaa baDi hai — Ajay Sahaab

ek muddat se dhadhaktaa rahaa meraa ye zehn
tab kahin jaa ke farozaan hue lafzon ke charaagh

aise sulag uThaa tiri yaadon se dil miraa
jaise dhadhak uThein kahin jangal chinaar ke

fan jo meaar tak nahin pahunchaa
apne shahkaar tak nahin pahunchaa

kaash lauTein mire paapaa bhi khilaune le kar
kaash phir se mire haathon mein khazaana aae

haadse jaan to lete hain magar sach ye hai
haadse hi hamein jiinaa bhi sikhaa dete hain

jab bhi milte hain to jiine ki duaa dete hain
jaane kis baat ki vo ham ko sazaa dete hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

'mushafi' kyunke chhupe un se miraa dard-e-nihaan
yaar to baat ke andaaz se paa jaate hain

dud-e-aah-e-jigari kaam na aayaa yaaro
varna ru-e-shab-e-hijr aur bhi kaalaa kartaa

taraf-e-kaaba na jaa haj ke liye naadaan hai
ghaur kar dekh ki hai khaana-e-dil maskan-e-dost

ai ishq jahaan hai yaar meraa
mujh ko bhi usi jagah tu le chal

sach bataa ishq mujhe sakht pareshaan huun main
kyuun khafaa hotaa nahin dost khataa par meri