
Mustafa Rahi
har shab-e-gham ki sahar bhi hogi
zindagi hai to basar bhi hogi
vo zamana bhi kabhi aa.ega
dil ki jab dil ko ḳhabar bhi hogi
dard kam-kam nahin afzun hoga
chashm pur-nam nahin tar bhi hogi
atish-e-ishq jise kahte hain
vo idhar hai to udhar bhi hogi
zulm hi zulm na hoga aḳhir
pyaar ki ek nazar bhi hogi
main ḳhata-kar-e-nazar huun lekin
ye ḳhata bar-e-digar bhi hogi
kitne vo ahl-e-nazar hain jin ki
husn-e-ma.ani pe nazar bhi hogi
jaane kya haal hamara hoga
jab mohabbat ki nazar bhi hogi
ham bhi honge tira gham bhi hoga
shab bhi aa.egi sahar bhi hogi
jalva-e-ghuncha-o-gul bhi hoga
shoḳhi-e-barq-o-sharar bhi hogi
azm bebak safar bhi hoga
raah pur-ḳhauf-o-ḳhatar bhi hogi
har aziyyat hi muqaddar hai agar
dasht to dasht hai ghar bhi hogi
bach rahi aaj havadis se agar
har kali kal gul-e-tar bhi hogi
ranj rahat men badal ja.ega
ḳhair dar-parda-e-shar bhi hogi
kuchh sitare bhi daraḳhshan honge
kuchh miri gard-e-safar bhi hogi

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