sau baar jis ko dekh ke hairaan ho chuke — Saba Akbarabadi

ravaan hai qaafila-e-ruh-e-iltifaat abhi
hamaari raah se haT jaae kaaenaat abhi

kaun uThaae ishq ke anjaam ki jaanib nazar
kuchh asar baaqi hain ab tak hairat-e-aaghaaz ke

musaafiraan-e-rah-e-shauq sust-e-gaam ho kyuun
qadam baDhaae hue haan qadam baDhaae hue

aap ke lab pe aur vafaa ki qasam
kyaa qasam khaai hai khudaa ki qasam

apne jalne mein kisi ko nahin karte hain sharik
raat ho jaae to ham shama bujhaa dete hain

gham-e-dauraan ko baDi chiiz samajh rakkhaa thaa
kaam jab tak na paDaa thaa gham-e-jaanaan se hamein

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

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

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

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa