kis ke savaal par ye dil rotaa hai saari saari raat — Arshad Lateef

koi to moajaza aisaa bhi ho apni mohabbat mein
tire inkaar se iqraar ki surat nikal aae

ajab kashish hai tire hone yaa na hone mein
gumaan ne mujh ko haqiqat se baandh rakkhaa hai

khalaa kaa masala hi mukhtalif hai
samundar is qadar gahraa nahin hai

phailti jaa rahi hai ye duniyaa
jashn-e-aavaargi manaane mein

sabhi taabir us ki likh rahe hain
kisi ne bhi use dekhaa nahin hai

jab main us aadmi se duur huaa
gham miri zindagi se duur huaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

main badalte hue haalaat mein Dhal jaataa huun
dekhne vaale adaakaar samajhte hain mujhe