mere bas men nahin varna qudrat ka likha hua kaatta tere hisse men aa.e bure din koi doosra kaatta laariyon se zyaada bahaav tha tere har ik lafz men main ishaara nahin kaat saka teri baat kya kaatta maine bhi zindagi aur shab e hijr kaatee hai sabki tarah vaise behtar to ye tha ke main kam se kam kuchh naya kaatta tere hote hue mombatti bujhaai kisi aur ne kya khushi rah gayi thii janmdin ki main cake kya kaatta koi bhi to nahin jo mere bhookhe rahne pe naaraz ho jail men teri tasveer hoti to hanskar saza kaatta

kyun darein zindagi men kya hogaa kuchh na hogaa to tajurba hogaa hansati aankhoñ men jhaank kar dekho koi aañsu kahii chhupa hogaa in dinon na-umeed sa hooñ main shaayad usne bhi ye suna hogaa dekhkar tumko sochta hooñ main kya kisi ne tumhein chhua hogaa

ye gham kya dil ki aadat hai nahin to kisi se kuchh shikaayat hai nahin to hai vo ik khwaab-e-be taabeer isko bhula dene ki niyat hai nahin to kisi ke bin kisi ki yaad ke bin ji.e jaane ki himmat hai nahin to kisi soorat bhi dil lagta nahin haan to kuchh din se ye haalaat hai nahin to tujhe jisne kahi ka bhi nahin rakha vo ek jaati si vehshat hai nahin to tere is haal par hai sab ko hairat tujhe bhi is pe hairat hai nahin to ham-aahangi nahin duniya se teri tujhe is par nadaamat hai nahin to vo darveshi jo taj kar aa gaya...tu yah daulat us ki qeemat hai nahin to hua jo kuchh yahii maqsoom tha kya yahii saari hikaayat hai nahin to aziyat-naak ummeedon se tujhko aman paane ki hasrat hai nahin to tu rehta hai khayaal-o-khvaab men gam to is wajah se fursat hai nahin to wahaan waalon se hai itni mohabbat yahaan waalon se nafrat hai nahin to sabab jo is judaai ka banaa hai vo mujhse khubsoorat hai nahin to

itnaa majboor na kar baat banaane lag jaayen ham tere sar kii qasam jhooth hi khaane lag jaayen itne sannaate pi.e meri sama'at ne ki ab sirf aavaaz pe chaahoon to nishaane lag jaayen chaliye kuchh aur nahin aah-shumaarii hi sahi ham kisi kaam to is dil ke bahaane lag jaayen ham vo gum-gasht-e-mohabbat hain ki tum to kya ho khud ko ham dhoondhne niklen to zamaane lag jaayen khvaab kuchh aise dikhaaye hain faqiri ne mujhe jin kii ta'beer men shahon ke khazaane lag jaayen main agar apni jawaani ke suna doon qisse ye jo launde hain mire paanv dabane lag jaayen

zane haseen thii aur phool chun kar laati thii main she'r kahtaa tha vo dastaan sunaati thii arab lahu tha ragon men badan sunhara tha vo muskuraati nahin thii dii.e jalaati thii ali se door raho log usse kahte the vo meraa sach hai bahut cheekh kar bataati thii ali ye log tumhein jaante nahin hain abhii gale lagaakar meraa hausla badhaati thii ye phool dekh rahe ho ye uskaa lahjaa tha ye jheel dekh rahe ho yahaañ vo aati thii main uske baad k abhii theek se nahin jaaga vo mujh...ko khwaab nahin neend se jagati thii use kisi se mohabbat thii aur vo main nahin tha ye baat mujhse zyaada use roolaati thii main kuchh bataa nahin saka vo meri kya thii ali ki us..ko dekhkar bas apni yaad aati thii

mujh paas kabhi vo qad-e-shamshaad na aaya is ghar mane vo dil-bar-e-ustaad na aaya gulshan mirii ankhiyaan men lage gulkhan-e-dozakh jo sair ko mujh saath pari-zaad na aaya saanjh aayi dio din bee hua fikr men aaKHir vo dil-bar-e-jaadugar-o-sayyaad na aaya aaya na hamn paas kiya va'da-khilaafi faaez ka kuchh ahvaal magar yaad na aaya

mira mahboob sab ka man harn hai nazar kar dekh vo aahu nain hai nahin ab jag men waisa aur saajan mujhe soorat-shanaasi beech fan hai sabee deewane hain us mahlaqa ke magar vo dil-ruba jaadu nayan hai kare rask-e-gulistaan dil ko faaez mira saajan bahaar-e-anjuman hai

be-sabab ham se judaai na karo mujh se 'aashiq se buraai na karo khaaksaaraan ko na kariye paamaal jag men phirao si khudaai na karo be-gunaahaan koon na kar daalo qatl aah koon teer-e-hawaai na karo ek dil tum se nahin hai raazi jag men har ik soon buraai na karo mahav hai faaez'-e-shaida tum parus se har lahza bakhaai na karo

yaar meraa miyaan-e-gulshan hai ghark-e-khoon phool ta-b-daman hai dil lubhaata hai sab ka vo saajan dil-farebi men us ko kya fan hai taare jiun dar hai jis ke halka-b-gosh vo bina gosh subh-e-raushan hai us nazaare se sab shaheed hue vo nayan kya bala-e-rah-zan hai kya bayaañ kar sakoon main gat us ki faaez at khush-ada sireejan hai

meri jaañ vo baada-khwaari yaad hai waqt-e-masti giryaa-zaari yaad hai motiya ka haar o champa ki chhadi joda-e-daaman-kinaari yaad hai sab abhookan tere tan par khushnuma khoobi-e-angiya o saari yaad hai abr ka saaya o sabza raah ka jaan-e-man rath ki sawaari yaad hai koylaan ke naale amraai ke beechus samay ki be-qaraari yaad hai meh bee to tapkata tha boond boond faaez us din ki sawaari yaad hai