kahaan pe khologe dard apnaa kise kahoge — Sarwat Zehra

khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai
khvaahishein hain sadiyon ki umr to zaraa si hai

dil ke dariyaa ne kinaaron se mohabbat kar li
tez bahtaa hai magar kam nahin hone paataa

kaise bujhaaein kaun bujhaae bujhe bhi kyuun
is aag ko to khuun mein hal kar diyaa gayaa

ab to sanvaarne ke liye hijr bhi nahin
saaraa vabaal le ke ghazal kar diyaa gayaa

bint-e-havvaa huun main ye miraa jurm hai
aur phir shaaeri to kaDaa jurm hai

jaane vaale ko chale jaanaa hai
phir bhi rasman hi pukaaraa jaae

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

shikastagi thi kuchh aisi ki kuza-gar meraa
banaa ke mujh ko baDi der tak udaas rahaa

munh chhupaanaa paDe na dushman se
ai shab-e-gham sahar na ho jaae

aah ye mahki hui shaamein ye logon ke hujum
dil ko kuchh biiti hui tanhaaiyaan yaad aa gaiin