chaand hotaa nahin har ik chehra — Rasa Chughtai

kaun dil ki zabaan samajhtaa hai
dil magar ye kahaan samajhtaa hai

tere aane kaa intizaar rahaa
umr bhar mausam-e-bahaar rahaa

uThaa laayaa huun saare khvaab apne
tiri yaadon ke bosida makaan se

hai koi yahaan shahr mein aisaa ki jise main
apnaa na kahun aur vo apnaa mujhe samjhe

shahr mein jaise koi aaseb hai
shahr mein muddat se hangaama nahin

uTh rahaa hai dhuaan mire ghar mein
aag divaar se udhar ki hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

jo duur rah ke uDaataa rahaa mazaaq miraa
qarib aayaa to royaa gale lagaa ke mujhe

ai sanam tu vo kanhayyaa hai balaaein luun agar
baansuli ki tarah naalaan hon saraapaa ungliyaan

ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam
ye gulshan-e-dil hai ki bayaabaan kahin kaa