ab is chehre pe koi aur chehraa kar liyaa jaae — Salim Saleem

main ghaTtaa jaa rahaa huun apne andar
tumhein itnaa ziyaada kar liyaa hai

is dil mein chubhaa rahtaa thaa kaanTe ki tarah vo
ik roz use main ne mohabbat se nikaalaa

kitne bekaar khudaaon ki ibaadat ki hai
aakhiri baar kisi but se shikaayat ki hai

aa rahaa hogaa vo daaman se havaa baandhe hue
aaj khushbu ko pareshaan kiyaa jaaegaa

charaagh-e-ishq badan se lagaa thaa kuchh aisaa
main bujh ke rah gayaa us ko havaa banaane mein

sunaa hai chaand ko uljhaa liyaa hai shaakhon ne
so ab charaagh darichon pe rakh diye jaaein

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

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe