kohkan kyaa pahaaD toDegaa — Mir Taqi Mir

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

dil ki yak qatra khuun nahin hai besh
ek aalam ke sar balaa laayaa

mire saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein
tamaam umr main naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa

chalte ho to chaman ko chaliye kahte hain ki bahaaraan hai
paat hare hain phuul khile hain kam-kam baad-o-baaraan hai

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

tere kahne se main ab laaun kahaan se naaseh
sabr jab is dil-e-muztar ko khudaa ne na diyaa

filfil-e-khaal-e-malaahat ke tasavvur mein tire
charcharaahaT hai kabaab-e-dil-e-biryaan mein kyaa

mohabbat adaavat vafaa be-rukhi
kiraae ke ghar the badalte rahe

mohabbat ek khushbu hai hamesha saath chalti hai
koi insaan tanhaai mein bhi tanhaa nahin rahtaa