bas bahut zabt-e-gham-e-ishq kiyaa — Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

is havaa mein kar rahe hain ham tiraa hi intizaar
aa kahin jaldi se saaqi shisha o saaghar samet

pichhaa kisi tarah ye miraa chhoDtaa nahin
haathon se ishq ke koi jaave kahaan nikal

kuchh TuuTe phaTe siine ko saath apne safar mein
kyaa vo bhi musaafir jo na rakkhe sui taagaa

misr ko chhoD ke aai hai jo hindustaan mein
mere yusuf ki zulekhaa tu kharidaar hai kyaa

'mushafi' karb-o-balaa kaa safar aasaan nahin
sainkaDon basra-o-baghdaad mein mar jaate hain

mahrum hai naama-daar-e-duniyaa
paani se tihi habaab dekhaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

vo dard huun koi chaara nahin hai jis kaa kahin
vo zakhm huun ki hai dushvaar indimaal miraa

baarish ke baa'd raat saDak aaina si thi
ik paanv paaniyon pe paDaa chaand hil gayaa

nur-e-sahar kahaan hai agar shaam-e-gham gai
kab iltifaat thaa ki jo khu-e-sitam gai