ajab junun hai ye intiqaam kaa jazba — Azhar Inayati

ghazal kaa sher to hotaa hai bas kisi ke liye
magar sitam hai ki sab ko sunaanaa paDtaa hai

shikastagi mein bhi kyaa shaan hai imaarat ki
ki dekhne ko ise sar uThaanaa paDtaa hai

raasto kyaa hue vo log ki aate-jaate
mere aadaab pe kahte the ki jiite rahiye

kisi ke aib chhupaanaa savaab hai lekin
kabhi kabhi koi parda uThaanaa paDtaa hai

vo jis ke sehn mein koi gulaab khil na sakaa
tamaam shahr ke bachchon se pyaar kartaa thaa

har ek raat ko mahtaab dekhne ke liye
main jaagtaa huun tiraa khvaab dekhne ke liye

nai manzil kaa junun tohmat-e-gumraahi hai
paa-shikasta bhi tiri raah mein kahlaayaa huun

chalo ki jazba-e-izhaar chikh mein to Dhalaa
kisi tarah ise aakhir adaa bhi honaa thaa

hausla hai to safinon ke alam lahraao
bahte dariyaa to chaleinge isi raftaar ke saath

aaine par koi tohmat na dharo
khaal-o-khad apne sanvaaro saahab

naahaq ham majburon par ye tohmat hai mukhtaari ki
chaahte hain so aap karein hain ham ko abas badnaam kiyaa

subut-e-ishq ki ye bhi to ek surat hai
ki jis se pyaar karein us pe tohmatein bhi dharein