is shokhi-e-guftaar par aataa hai bahut pyaar — Iftikhar Raghib

ik baDi jang laD rahaa huun main
hans ke tujh se bichhaD rahaa huun main

'raaghib' vo meri fikr mein khud ko bhi bhuul jaaein
aisi to koi baat nahin chaahtaa thaa main

ji chaahtaa hai jiinaa jazbaat ke mutaabiq
haalaat kar rahe hain haalaat ke mutaabiq

din mein aane lage hain khvaab mujhe
us ne bhejaa hai ik gulaab mujhe

le jaae jahaan chaahe havaa ham ko uDaa kar
TuuTe hue patton ki hikaayat hi alag hai

inkaar hi kar dijiye iqraar nahin to
uljhan hi mein mar jaaegaa bimaar nahin to

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

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

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht