Ghazals | غزلیں


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shaam-e-alam kyaa shaam th`ee woh aur raat th`ee kyaa tanhaayee kee! **
shaam-e-alam kyaa shaam th`ee woh aur raat th`ee kyaa tanhaayee kee!
Khoon ke aaNsoo, dard kii saaNseN, yaad kisee harjaayee kee!

ahl-e-chamam kyoN fikr kareN, kyaa faSl-e-KhizaaN, kyaa mausam-e-gul?
pyaar kaa rishtah TooT gayaa, kyaa fikr chaman-aaraayee kee!

chain kee neeNd ke maate sab th`e, suntaa kaun GhareeboN kee?
shehr-e-jafaa meN koyee nah jaagaa, ham ne laakh` duhaayee kee

koyee agar th`aa jurm hamaaraa, Sirf muHabbat karnaa th`aa
kuch` to bataaYeN bandah-parwar! kaun see ham ne buraayee kee?

har pal bh`aaree, har dam soonaa, chaar pehar rone se kaam
:tum kyaa samjh`o, tum kyaa jaano, baat miree tanhaayee kee:?

zeest ke saare bandhan ai dil! dh`okaa haiN, sab dh`okaa haiN!
kyaa Hasrat taskeen-e-alam kee, kyaa ummeed rihaayee kee!

us ko paanaa ek t^araf hai, apne ko hee bh`ool gaYe
Sadqeh tere ai Gham-e-dauraaN! too ne kyaa achh`aayee kee!

jeetaa hooN maiN yaad meN us kee, maut bh`ee yooN hee aaYe gee
dekh`naa ik din mere muqaddar! too ne agar rasaayee kee!

pal meN tolah, pal meN rattee, har andaaz niraalaa hai
aah! bataa,ooN kis dil se maiN baateN us harjaayee kee?

ahl-e-t^arab haNste th`e yaa ph`ir ahl-e-jafaa ke patth`ar th`e
daad milee to ham ko milee yeh "Sarwar"! naGhmah-saraayee kee!