gham-e-maujud ghalat aur gham-e-fardaa baatil — Sahir Dehlavi

ahd-e-misaaq kaa laazim hai adab ai vaaiz
hai ye paimaan-e-vafaa rishta-e-zunnaar na toD

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

mil-milaa ke donon ne dil ko kar diyaa barbaad
husn ne kiyaa be-khud ishq ne kiyaa aazaad

jo laa-mazhab ho us ko millat-o-mashrab se kyaa matlab
miraa mashrab hai rindi rind ko mazhab se kyaa matlab

aate hue is tan mein na jaate hue tan se
hai jaan-e-makin ko na lagaavaT na rukaavaT

qadam hai ain hudus aur hudus ain qadam
jo tu na jalve mein aataa to main kahaan hotaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

jis taraf baiThte the vasl mein aap
usi pahlu mein dard rahtaa hai

ghamon par us ke kabhi e'tibaar mat karnaa
vo pyaaz kaaT ke aansu nikaal letaa hai

kaun se dukh ko palle baandhein kis gham ko tahrir karein
yaan to dard sivaa hotaa hai aur bhi arz-e-haal ke baad