mai-kashi se najaat mushkil hai — Jaleel Manikpuri

uDaati hai vo tegh chaadar lahu ki
shahidon ko khilat ataa ho rahaa hai

pyaari surat vo haae kyaa hogi
jis ko be-dekhe pyaar aataa hai

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae

mohabbat ek taraf se mazaa nahin deti
kuchh iztiraab tujhe ho kuchh iztiraab mujhe

aaj hai vo bahaar kaa mausam
phuul toDun to haath jaam aae

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

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

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

ishq phir ishq hai aashufta-sari maange hai
hosh ke daur mein bhi jaama-dari maange hai

khair dozakh mein mai mile na mile
shaikh-saahab se jaan to chhuTegi

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa