muddat hui ik shakhs ne dil toD diyaa thaa — Saqi Faruqi

vo miri ruuh ki uljhan kaa sabab jaantaa hai
jism ki pyaas bujhaane pe bhi raazi niklaa

duniyaa pe apne ilm ki parchhaaiyaan na Daal
ai raushni-farosh andheraa na kar abhi

khaak main us ki judaai mein pareshaan phirun
jab ki ye milnaa bichhaDnaa miri marzi niklaa

hairaani mein huun aakhir kis ki parchhaain huun
vo bhi dhyaan mein aayaa jis kaa saaya koi na thaa

pyaas baDhti jaa rahi hai bahtaa dariyaa dekh kar
bhaagti jaati hain lahrein ye tamaashaa dekh kar

haadsa ye hai ki ham jaan na moattar kar paae
vo to khush-bu thaa use yuun bhi bikhar jaanaa thaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

taazir-e-jurm-e-ishq hai be-sarfa mohtasib
baDhtaa hai aur zauq-e-gunah yaan sazaa ke baad

aage baDhe na qissa-e-ishq-e-butaan se ham
sab kuchh kahaa magar na khule raaz-daan se ham

jaan se baDh ke huaa karti hai 'izzat pyaare
sar diyaa jaataa hai dastaar bachaane ke liye

talab nahin hai hamein dusri mohabbat ki
'amaan' chaae dubaara zarur chaahte hain