Dastan Kya Thi Aur Kya Bana Di Gai

Sahar Mahmood

dastan kya thi aur kya bana di ga.i

kuchh ghaTa di ga.i kuchh baḌha di ga.i

kar ke tajdid-e-ahd-e-vafa dil-nashin

qaid ki aur muddat baḌha di ga.i

jaan hatheli pe le kar pahunch hi ga.e

ahl-e-dil ko jahan bhi sada di ga.i

rabt-e-baham vo pahle sa baaqi nahin

kaisi surat jahan ki bana di ga.i

chashm-e-haq-bin men duniya ye kuchh bhi nahin

sirf ankhon men dilkash bana di ga.i

bhuul paana unhen ab to mumkin nahin

dil men kaisi ye surat basa di ga.i

kho ga.e kin ḳhayalon men tum ai ‘sahar’

mahfil-e-jan-o-dil to saja di ga.i