allaah re be-khudi ki ham un ke hi ru-ba-ru — Shakeel Badayuni

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

zaraa naqaab-e-hasin rukh se tum ulaT denaa
ham apne dida-o-dil kaa ghurur dekheinge

kaafi hai mire dil ki tasalli ko yahi baat
aap aa na sake aap kaa paighaam to aayaa

lamhe udaas udaas fazaaein ghuTi ghuTi
duniyaa agar yahi hai to duniyaa se bach ke chal

miri zindagi pe na muskuraa mujhe zindagi kaa alam nahin
jise tere gham se ho vaasta vo khizaan bahaar se kam nahin

kal raat zindagi se mulaaqaat ho gai
lab thartharaa rahe the magar baat ho gai

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin