bas itnaa yaad hai ik bhuul si hui thi kahin — Akram Mahmud

chaDhe hue hain jo dariyaa utar bhi jaaeinge
mire baghair tire din guzar bhi jaaeinge

ab dil bhi dukhaao to aziyyat nahin hoti
hairat hai kisi baat pe hairat nahin hoti

sitaara aankh mein dil mein gulaab kyaa rakhnaa
ki Dhalti umr mein rang-e-shabaab kyaa rakhnaa

do chaar baras jitne bhi hain jabr hi sah lein
is umr mein ab ham se baghaavat nahin hoti

gum to honaa thaa ba-har-haal kisi manzar mein
dil huaa khvaab mein gum aankh hui aab mein gum

paanv uThte hain kisi mauj ki jaanib lekin
rok letaa hai kinaara ki Thahar paani hai

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

phir mujhe dida-e-tar yaad aayaa
dil jigar tishna-e-fariyaad aayaa

tum se chhuT kar bhi tumhein bhulnaa aasaan na thaa
tum ko hi yaad kiyaa tum ko bhulaane ke liye