uksaa rahaa hai tark-e-ta'alluq pe dil mujhe — Tauheed Zeb

apni tasvir chuum li us ne
phuul par phuul khil gayaa jaise

ek hi din milaa mohabbat ko
saal bhar ki thakan utaari gai

daftar-e-husn khole baiThe hain
'aashiqi rozgaar hai un kaa

kyaa huaa husn-e-jaavedaan ko tire
tu to mujh se bichhaD ke khush thi bahut

rumuz-e-vaqt ki pahli class mein bhi miraa
tamaam dhyaan thaa sarkaari naukri ki taraf

dhokaa khaane pe ro paDaa hogaa
ye koi 'ishq mein nayaa hogaa

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

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa