ham apne ishq ki ab aur kyaa shahaadat dein — Alamtaab Tishna

visaal-e-yaar ki khvaahish mein aksar
charaagh-e-shaam se pahle jalaa huun

nafrat bhi usi se hai parastish bhi usi ki
is dil saa koi ham ne to kaafar nahin dekhaa

har daur mein rahaa yahi aain-e-munsifi
jo sar na jhuk sake vo qalam kar diye gae

is raah-e-mohabbat mein tu saath agar hotaa
har gaam pe gul khilte khushbu kaa safar hotaa

had ho gai thi ham se mohabbat mein kufr ki
jaise khudaa-na-khvaasta vo laa-sharik thaa

tamaam umr ki divaangi ke baa'd khulaa
main teri zaat mein pinhaan thaa aur tu main thaa

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

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

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin