kitaab-e-ishq likh rakkhi hai dil par — Saeed Ahmad Akhtar

ye miraa ilhaam hai vo miri tadbir hai
main na junun kaa asiir main na khirad kaa ghulaam

ek ham tinon mein mar jaae to chhap jaaegi
likh to rakkhi hai tiri prem kahaani main ne

sajda kahaan lagaa hai hamaari jabin kaa
charchaa hai phir falak pe tire dar-nashin kaa

shabaab tum se karegaa jo tum ne ham se kiyaa
tumhaaraa husn bhi niklegaa bevafaa mausam

aayaa thaa sun ke shahr mein daulat ki rel-pel
kal mill mein kaT ke mar gayaa beTaa kisaan kaa

mire to phuul bhi tum ho sabaa bhi khushbu bhi
nahin ho tum to nahin mere kaam kaa mausam

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

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

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

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

gar nahin ye 'ishq to phir aur kyaa shai hai bhalaa
jo pas-e-parda rahe aur qalb meraa khaae hai