ranj-e-ghurbat mein dekh kar mujh ko — Muztar Khairabadi

zulf ko kyuun jakaD ke baandhaa hai
us ne bosa liyaa thaa gaal kaa kyaa

mire dil ne jhaTke uThaae hain kitne ye tum apni zulfon ke baalon se puchho
kaleje ki choTon ko main kyaa bataaun ye chhaati pe lahraane vaalon se puchho

bichhaDnaa bhi tumhaaraa jite-ji ki maut hai goyaa
use kyaa khaak lutf-e-zindagi jis se judaa tum ho

un kaa ik patlaa saa khanjar un kaa ik naazuk saa haath
vo to ye kahiye miri gardan khushi mein kaT gai

uThe uTh kar chale chal kar thame tham kar kahaa hogaa
main kyuun jaaun bahut hain un ki haalat dekhne vaale

mohabbat mein kisi ne sar paTakne kaa sabab puchhaa
to kah dungaa ki apni mushkilein aasaan kartaa huun

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

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

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

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

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