chheDaa agar mire dil-e-naalaan ko aap ne — Asad Ali Khan Qalaq

tire honThon se sharmaa kar pasine mein huaa ye tar
khizar ne khud araq ponchhaa jabin-e-aab-e-haivaan kaa

agar na jaama-e-hasti miraa nikal jaataa
to aur thoDe dinon ye libaas chal jaataa

umr to apni hui sab but-parasti mein basar
naam ko duniyaa mein hain ab saahib-e-islaam ham

yaad dilvaaiye un ko jo kabhi vaada-e-vasl
to vo kis naaz se farmaate hain ham bhuul gae

kotaah umr ho gai aur ye na kam hui
ai jaan aa ke tul-e-shab-e-intizaar dekh

tilaai rang jaanaan kaa agar mazmun likhun khat mein
to haala gird harfon ke bane sone ke paani kaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

'ishq mein intihaa ki had na hui
'aashiqi teri mustanad na hui

mohabbat phuul banne par lagi thi
palaT kar phir kali kar li hai main ne

kuchh aur vus'atein darkaar hain mohabbat ko
visaal-o-hijr pe daar-o-madaar mushkil hai

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae