marg-e-aashiq pe farishta maut kaa badnaam thaa — Manzar Lakhnavi

vo to kahiye aap ki ulfat mein dil bahlaa rahaa
varna duniyaa chaar din bhi rahne ke qaabil na thi

muddaton baa'd kabhi ai nazar aane vaale
iid kaa chaand na dekhaa tiri surat dekhi

in se jab puchhaa gayaa bismil tumhaare kyaa karein
hans ke bole zakhm-e-dil dekhaa karein royaa karein

kisi aankh mein niind aae to jaanun
miraa qissa-e-gham kahaani nahin hai

daaman-o-jeb-o-garebaan kaa nahin koi malaal
gham ye hai dast-e-junun kal ke liye kaam nahin

kam-sini kyaa kam thi is par qahr hai shakki mizaaj
apnaa naavak mere dil se khinch kar dekhaa kiye

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

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

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa