tujh se parda nahin mire gham kaa — Anjum Azmi

koi to khair kaa pahlu bhi nikle
akelaa kis tarah ye shar rahegaa

biThaa ke saamne tum ko bahaar mein pi hai
tumhaare rind ne tauba bhi ru-ba-ru kar li

ab na vo josh-e-vafaa hai na vo andaaz-e-talab
ab bhi lekin tire kuche se guzar hotaa hai

niklo bhi kabhi sud-o-ziyaan se varna
kuche mein tire kaun bhalaa aaegaa

dil na kaaba hai ne kalisaa hai
teraa ghar hai harim-e-mariyam hai

ghalat hai jazba-e-dil par nahin koi ilzaam
khushi mili na hamein jab to gham ki khu kar li

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate