itnaa sachchaa phir na kisi ne pyaar diyaa — Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

zulm bhi sharmaa rahaa hai adl ki mizaan se
kuud jaanaa chaahiye minaar-e-paakistaan se

aisaa kahaan ye zaaiqa gandum ke paas hai
roTi mein maan ke haath ki shaamil miThaas hai

miri vafaa mein kami hai to mujh se baat kare
use kaho ki vo aae muzaakaraat kare

raae kyaa qaaem kareinge ajnabi us shahr mein
rasta batlaae jahaan par ek andhaa aadmi

pahle soyaa kartaa thaa 'mahmud' lambi taan kar
phir shuur aataa gayaa aur ratjage baDhte gae

miri tarah se shajar bhi hain baaghiyaana mizaaj
jahaan se kaaTe gae the vahin se ug aae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

tamaam vahm o gumaan hai to ham bhi dhoka hain
isi khayaal se duniyaa ko main ne pyaar kiyaa

tum chitaa in ki jalaao na karo dafn inhein
pyaar ke khat hain ye hindu yaa musalmaan nahin

hamein dekho hamaare paas baiTho ham se kuchh sikho
hamin ne pyaar maangaa thaa hamin ne daagh paae hain

phunkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat mein ai khudaa
afsun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahein jise