Ahmad Faraz

Suna hai log usse aankh bhar ke dekhte hain,

So uske shahr mein kuchh din thehar ke dekhte hain.

Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhane ke liye aa,

Aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa.

Ab ke hum bichhde to shayad kabhi khwabon mein milein,

Jis tarah sookhe hue phool kitaabon mein milein.

Usse mohabbat to bahut thi humein Faraz,

Magar kismat mein likhi thi sirf ruswayi.

Shahr-e-dil mein ab koi mehmaan nahi aata,

Jaise logon ne mohabbat karna hi chhod diya ho.

Kaun kahta hai ke hum jhooth bolte hain Faraz,

Hum to bas apne zakhmon ko muskurahat se chhipate hain.

Aapke bina jeena seekh liya humne,

Par is dil ko samjhana abhi baaqi hai.

Dosti ka rishta sabse pyara hota hai Faraz,

Jisme na koi shart hoti hai, na koi ruswayi.

Wo jo humsafar tha humara, ab kisi aur ka hai,

Chalo ye safar bhi akele hi tai karte hain.

Dil ko gham-e-jahan se azad kar diya,

Humne to ishq mein sab kuch lutakar abad kar diya.

Aankhon mein khwaab aur dil mein ummeed liye,

Hum naye saal ki raah takte hain Faraz.

Tumhari yaad ke saaye se bachna mushkil hai,

Har raste par tumhari hi parchhain milti hai.

Is daur ke insanon mein wafa dhoondna Faraz,

Jaise registan mein paani ki talaash karna.

Gham is baat ka nahi ke tum chale gaye,

Gham to is baat ka hai ke tumne mud kar bhi na dekha.

Chalo ab naye dushman banate hain,

Purane to ab humein jaan ne lage hain.

Mohabbat to ek ibadat hai Faraz,

Jise har koi poori shiddat se nahi kar pata.

Apne hi haathon se apna dil toda humne,

Kisi aur pe kya ilzam lagana Faraz.

Subah ka sooraj naye rang lekar aaya hai,

Par tere bina sab pheeka lagta hai.

Mere zakhmon ko shayari mat samjho Faraz,

Ye to kisi ke diye hue dard ki sachi kahani hai.

Faraz ka har sher dilon ko chhu leta hai,

Jo har toote hue aashiq ki aah ko lafz deta hai.