tilism-e-sheva-e-yaaraan khulaa to kuchh na huaa — Aziz Hamid Madni

jab aai saaat-e-be-taab teri be-libaasi ki
to aaine mein jitne zaaviye the rah gae jal kar

narmi havaa ki mauj-e-tarab-khez abhi se hai
ai ham-safir aatish-e-gul tez abhi se hai

mubham se ek khvaab ki taabir kaa hai shauq
nindon mein baadalon kaa safar tez abhi se hai

un ko ai narm havaa khvaab-e-junun se na jagaa
raat mai-khaane ki aae hain guzaare hue log

jo baat dil mein thi us se nahin kahi ham ne
vafaa ke naam se vo bhi fareb khaa jaataa

aisi koi khabar to nahin saakinaan-e-shahr
dariyaa mohabbaton ke jo bahte the tham gae

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

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

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

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