jis tarah log khasaare mein bahut sochte hain — Iqbal Kausar

tiri pahli diid ke saath hi vo fusun bhi thaa
tujhe dekh kar tujhe dekhnaa mujhe aa gayaa

ziyaan-e-dil hi is baazaar mein sud-e-mohabbat hai
yahaan hai faaeda khud ko agar nuqsaan mein rakh lein

bannaa thaa to bantaa na farishta na khudaa main
insaan hi bantaa miri takmil to ye thi

vo bhi ro ro ke bujhaa Daalaa hai ab aankhon ne
raushni detaa thaa jo ek diyaa andar se

miri khaak us ne bikher di sar-e-rah ghubaar banaa diyaa
main jab aa sakaa na shumaar mein mujhe be-shumaar banaa diyaa

ab baanjh zaminon se ummid bhi kyaa rakhnaa
roein bhi to laa-haasil boein bhi to kyaa kaaTein

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

ab itnaa aql se begaana ho gayaa huun main
gulon ke shikve sitaaron se kah rahaa huun main

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

sajda huaa hamesha faqiron ke ilm par
ham aagahi pe marte hain poshaak par nahin

aur phir mohabbat mein ji ke mar ke dekhaa hai
log sochte hain jo ham ne kar ke dekhaa hai