fikr-e-maaash ishq-e-butaan yaad-e-raftagaan — Mohammad Rafi Sauda

ammaame ko utaar ke paDhiyo namaaz shaikh
sajde se varna sar ko uThaayaa na jaaegaa

kis munh se phir tu aap ko kahtaa hai ishq-baaz
ai ru-siyaah tujh se to ye bhi na ho sakaa

firaaq-e-khuld se gandum hai sina-chaak ab tak
ilaahi ho na vatan se koi gharib judaa

'saudaa' se shakhs ke taiin aazurda kijiye
ai khud-parast haif nahin tu vafaa-parast

ishq se to nahin huun main vaaqif
dil ko shoala saa kuchh lipaTtaa hai

ye to nahin kahtaa huun ki sach-much karo insaaf
jhuTi bhi tasalli ho to jiitaa hi rahun main

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jo tire ishq mein tabaah huaa
koi us ko tabaah kar na sakaa

tere shaidaa bhi hue ishq-e-tamaashaa bhi hue
tere divaane tire shahr mein rusvaa bhi hue

aataa rahaa huun yaad main us ko tamaam umr
is zaaviye se ishq mein naakaam kab huaa

kyaa kahaa ishq jaavedaani hai!
aakhiri baar mil rahi ho kyaa