dekho to lagtaa hai jaise dekhaa thaa — Zehra Nigaah

kahaan ke ishq-o-mohabbat kidhar ke hijr o visaal
abhi to log taraste hain zindagi ke liye

jo dil ne kahi lab pe kahaan aai hai dekho
ab mahfil yaaraan mein bhi tanhaai hai dekho

uTho ki jashn-e-khizaan ham manaaein ji bhar ke
bahaar aae gulistaan mein kab khudaa jaane

koi hangaama sar-e-bazm uThaayaa jaae
kuchh kiyaa jaae charaaghon ko bujhaayaa jaae

divaanon ko ab vusat-e-sahraa nahin darkaar
vahshat ke liye saaya-e-divaar bahut hai

dekho vo bhi hain jo sab kah sakte the
dekho un ke munh par taale ab bhi hain

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

us ko sochun to dhyaan mein mere
khushbu aati hai pahli baarish ki

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun