kitaab-e-ishq mein har aah ek aayat hai — Umair Najmi

kisi gali mein kiraae pe ghar liyaa us ne
phir us gali mein gharon ke kiraae baDhne lage

us ki tah se kabhi daryaaft kiyaa jaaungaa main
jis samundar mein ye sailaab ikaTThe honge

bichhaD gae to ye dil umr bhar lagegaa nahin
lagegaa lagne lagaa hai magar lagegaa nahin

tum pe kyaa khaak asar hogaa mire sheron kaa
tum ko to mir-taqi-'mir' nahin khinch sakaa

ye saat uTh paDosi kahaan se aae mire
tumhaare dil mein to koi na thaa sivaae mire

nikaal laayaa huun ek pinjre se ik parinda
ab is parinde ke dil se pinjra nikaalnaa hai

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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate