musibat sar pe munh baae khaDi hai — Chandrakant Rawat

tar-ba-tar ho kar rahein taa-zindagi
ai ghaTaa ik roz ham par yuun baras

ai mire dost ek muddat se
chaand dekhaa nahin teri chhat se

apni samjhe the magar nikli paraai zindagi
jaane kis miTTi ki thi qaabu na aai zindagi

vo zulfein vo nazrein vo jumbish labon ki
vo sab un ke hathiyaar kaam aa rahe hain

kahaan vo sharaabein kahaan vo nasha hai
tire naam se mai-kada chal rahaa hai

kaam ko imaan se anjaam detaa chal bashar
jaane kis surat mein teraa mehnataana aaegaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

kaun dekhe use betaab-e-mohabbat ai dil
tu vo naale hi na kar jin mein asar hotaa hai

sab kuchh luTaa ke raah-e-mohabbat mein ahl-e-dil
khush hain ki jaise daulat-e-kaunain paa gae

'ishq ki choT to lagti hai har ik ke dil par
zarf ke farq se aavaaz badal jaati hai

paas-e-adab se chhup naa sakaa raaz-e-husn-o-‘ishq
jis jaa tumhaaraa naam sunaa sar jhukaa diyaa