raushni DhunD ke laanaa koi mushkil to na thaa — Azm Bahzad

dariyaa paar utarne vaale ye bhi jaan nahin paae
kise kinaare par le Duubaa paar utar jaane kaa gham

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

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

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

us ko khonaa asl mein us ko paanaa hai
haasil kaa hi partav hai laa-haasil mein

husn se arz-e-shauq na karnaa husn ko zak pahunchaanaa hai
ham ne arz-e-shauq na kar ke husn ko zak pahunchaai hai

ai be-khudi-e-dil mujhe ye bhi khabar nahin
kis din bahaar aai main divaana kab huaa

main jab 'qatil' apnaa sab kuchh luTaa chukaa huun
ab meraa pyaar mujh se daanaai chaahtaa hai