dekhaa hai mohabbat ko ibaadat ki nazar se — Iqbal Kaifi

guhar samjhaa thaa lekin sang niklaa
kisi kaa zarf kitnaa tang niklaa

amn 'kaifi' ho nahin saktaa kabhi
jab talak zulm-o-sitam maujud hai

khizaan kaa daur bhi aataa hai ek din 'kaifi'
sadaa-bahaar kahaan tak darakht rahte hain

phulon kaa tabassum bhi vo pahlaa saa nahin hai
gulshan mein bhi chalti hai havaa aur tarah ki

mohabbaton ko bhi us ne khataa qaraar diyaa
magar ye jurm hamein baar baar karnaa hai

main aise husn-e-zan ko khudaa maantaa nahin
aahon ke ehtijaaj se jo maavaraa rahe

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

zindagi kis tarah basar hogi
dil nahin lag rahaa mohabbat mein

ishq hai ishq karne vaalon ko
kaisaa kaisaa baham kyaa hai ishq

'faraaz' tere junun kaa khayaal hai varna
ye kyaa zarur vo surat sabhi ko pyaari lage

na aayaa hamein ishq karnaa na aayaa
mare umr-bhar aur marnaa na aayaa