jurm-e-hasti ki sazaa kyuun nahin dete mujh ko — Akhtar Imam Rizvi

toD bhi do ehsaas ke rishte chhoD bhi do dukh apnaane
ro ro ke jivan kaaToge ro ro ke mar jaaoge

thakaa huaa huun kisi saae ki talaash mein huun
bichhaD gayaa huun sitaaron se raushni ki tarah

ashk jab dida-e-tar se niklaa
ek kaanTaa saa jigar se niklaa

kam-zarf zamaane ki hiqaarat kaa gila kyaa
main khush huun miraa pyaar samundar ki tarah hai

ab bhi aati hai tiri yaad pa is karb ke saath
TuTti niind mein jaise koi sapnaa dekhaa

mujh ko manzil bhi na pahchaan saki
main ki jab gard-e-safar se niklaa

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

sikhaa na duaaon mein qanaaat kaa saliqa
vo maang rahaa huun jo muqaddar mein nahin hai

abr barse to inaayat us ki
shaakh to sirf duaa karti hai

us dushman-e-vafaa ko duaa de rahaa huun main
meraa na ho sakaa vo kisi kaa to ho gayaa

zabaan pe shikva-e-be-mehri-e-khudaa kyuun hai?
duaa to maangiye 'aatish' kabhi duaa ki tarah