us ke yuun tark-e-mohabbat kaa sabab hogaa koi — Parveen Shakir

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

main sach kahungi magar phir bhi haar jaaungi
vo jhuuT bolegaa aur laa-javaab kar degaa

vo kahin bhi gayaa lauTaa to mire paas aayaa
bas yahi baat hai achchhi mire harjaai ki

laDkiyon ke dukh ajab hote hain sukh us se ajiib
hans rahi hain aur kaajal bhigtaa hai saath saath

tujhe manaaun ki apni anaa ki baat sunun
ulajh rahaa hai mire faislon kaa resham phir

ab to is raah se vo shakhs guzartaa bhi nahin
ab kis ummid pe darvaaze se jhaanke koi

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

vo taab-o-tavaan kahaan hai yaarab
jo is dil-e-naa-tavaan mein tab thaa

husn-e-aaraasta qudrat kaa atiyya hai magar
kyaa miraa ishq-e-jigar-soz khudaa-daad nahin

tah mein dariyaa-e-mohabbat ke thi kyaa chiiz 'aziz'
jo koi Duub gayaa us ko ubharne na diyaa