jahaan kahin bhi koi dil-figaar hotaa hai — JaiKrishn Chaudhry Habeeb

bichhDe mujh se is tarah vo zindagi ke ham-safar
bujh gae hon jalte jalte jaise raste ke charaagh

'habib' khud hi banaaeinge roz-o-shab apne
huaa hi kyaa jo zamaane ne saath chhoD diyaa

har ik fasurda qalb pe chhaai shaguftagi
jab chhiD gai hai bazm mein us gul-badan ki baat

baDhti gaiin jafaaein jahaan raah-e-shauq mein
josh-e-junun baDhaataa gayaa tez-tar mujhe

paa ke ik teraa tabassum muskuraai kaaenaat
jhuum uTThaa vo bhi dil jiine se jo bezaar thaa

nikhat vahi surur vahi dil-kashi vahi
aamad ye aap ki hai ki jhonkaa bahaar kaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

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

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

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh