shola-e-husn se thaa dud-e-dil apnaa avval — Taashshuq Lakhnavi

bahut muzir dil-e-aashiq ko aah hoti hai
isi havaa se ye kashti tabaah hoti hai

mujh se kyaa puchhte ho daagh hain dil mein kitne
tum ko ayyaam-e-judaai kaa shumaar aataa hai

mauj-e-dariyaa se balaa ki chaahiye kashti mujhe
ho jo bilkul naa-muvaafiq vo havaa paidaa karun

dete phirte the hasinon ki gali mein aavaaz
kabhi aaina-farosh-e-dil-e-hairaan ham the

har taraf hashr mein jhankaar hai zanjiron ki
un ki zulfon ke giraftaar chale aate hain

muntazir tere hain chashm-e-khun-fishaan khole hue
baiThe hain dil bechne vaale dukaan khole hue

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

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

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai