kal jahaan divaar hi divaar thi — Tauqeer Taqi

yahin aanaa hai bhaTakti hui aavaazon ko
yaani kuchh baat to hai koh-e-nidaa mein aisi

ab zamaane mein mohabbat hai tamaashe ki tarah
is tamaashe se bahaltaa nahin tu bhi main bhi

daaman bachaa rahe the ki chehra bhi jal gayaa
kis aag se guzar ke tiri raushni mein aae

hijr thaa baar-e-amaanat ki tarah
so ye gham aakhiri hichki se uThaa

badan mein dil thaa muallaq khalaa mein nazrein thiin
magar kahin kahin siine mein dard zinda thaa

lafz ki qaid se rihaa ho jaa
aa miri aankh se adaa ho jaa

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

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

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

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

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa