aql ke bhaTke houun ko raah dikhlaate hue — Anand Narayan Mulla

shama ik mom ke paikar ke sivaa kuchh bhi na thi
aag jab tan mein lagaai hai to jaan aai hai

ishq mein vo bhi ek vaqt hai jab
be-gunaahi gunaah hai pyaare

main faqat insaan huun hindu musalmaan kuchh nahin
mere dil ke dard mein tafriq-e-imaan kuchh nahin

kahne ko lafz do hain ummid aur hasrat
in mein nihaan magar ik duniyaa ki daastaan hai

us ik nazar ke bazm mein qisse bane hazaar
utnaa samajh sakaa jise jitnaa shuur thaa

nizaam-e-mai-kada saaqi badalne ki zarurat hai
hazaaron hain safein jin mein na mai aai na jaam aayaa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

charaagh-e-zindagi hogaa farozaan ham nahin honge
chaman mein aaegi fasl-e-bahaaraan ham nahin honge