ain-e-kaaba mein hai maston ki jagah — Hatim Ali Mehr

ai buton allaah se li hai ijaazat vasl ki
kal hazaaron dekh Daale istikhaare raat ko

hai ye purab ki zabaan-daani 'mehr'
kahte hain baat ko ham suntaa huun

kaabe mein ham ko dair kaa har dam khayaal thaa
allaah jaantaa hai buton kaa rahaa lihaaz

dar-ba-dar maaraa-phiraa main justuju-e-yaar mein
zaahid-e-kaaba huaa rahbaan-e-but-khaana huaa

ye hind hai ai 'mehr' yahaan puuj buton ko
kyuun barahman-e-dair-o-kalisaa nahin honaa

gul baang thi gulon ki hamaaraa taraana thaa
apnaa bhi is chaman mein kabhi aashiyaana thaa

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

roza-daaraan-e-judaai kuun kham-e-abru-e-yaar
maah-e-id-e-ramazaan thaa mujhe maalum na thaa