dariyaa paar utarne vaale ye bhi jaan nahin paae — Azm Bahzad

main tark-e-taalluq par zinda huun so mujrim huun
kaash us ke liye jiitaa apne liye mar jaataa

har tafsil mein jaane vaalaa zehn savaal ki zad par hai
har tashrih ke pichhe hai anjaam se Dar jaane kaa gham

koi aasaan rifaaqat nahin likkhi main ne
qurb ko jab bhi likhaa jazb-e-raqaabat likhkhaa

ai khvaab-e-paziraai tu kyuun miri aankhon mein
andesha-e-duniyaa ki taabir uThaa laayaa

raushni DhunD ke laanaa koi mushkil to na thaa
lekin is dauD mein har shakhs ko jalte dekhaa

ai ghubaar-e-khvaahish-e-yak-umr apni raah le
is gali mein tujh se pahle ik jahaan maujud hai

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

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

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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