dil-e-betaab kaa andaaz-e-bayaan hai varna — 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

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

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

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

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin