Rasm-O-Rah-E-dahr Kya Josh-E-Mohabbat Bhi To Ho

Firaq Gorakhpuri

rasm-o-rah-e-dahr kya josh-e-mohabbat bhi to ho

tuut jaati hai har ik zanjir vahshat bhi to ho

zindagi kya maut kya do karvaten hain ishq ki

sone vaale chaunk utthenge qayamat bhi to ho

”harche bada-bad” ke naaron se duniya kaanp uthi

ishq ke itna koi bargashta qismat bhi to ho

kar-zar-e-dahr men har kaif har masti baja

kuchh sharik-e-be-khudi rindana-e-jurat bhi to ho

kam nahin ahl-e-havas ki bhi khayal-araiyan

ye fana ki had se bhi badh jaaen himmat bhi to ho

kuchh isharat-e-nihan hon to nigah-e-naz ke

bhanp lenge ham ye mahfil rashk-e-khalvat bhi to ho

ab to kuchh ahl-e-raza bhi ho chale mayus se

har jafa-e-na-rava ki kuchh nihayat bhi to ho

har nafas se aae bu-e-atish-e-sayyal-e-ishq

aag vo dil men lahu men vo hararat bhi to ho

ye tire jalve ye chashm-e-shauq ki hairaniyan

barq-e-husn-e-yar nazzare ki fursat bhi to ho

gardish-e-dauran men ik din aa rahega hosh bhi

khatm ai chashm-e-siyah ye daur-e-ghaflat bhi to ho

har dil-afsurda se chingariyan ud jaengi

kuchh tiri maasum ankhon men shararat bhi to ho

ab vo itna bhi nahin begana-e-vajh-e-malal

pursish-e-gham us ko aati hai zarurat bhi to ho

ek si hain ab to husn-o-ishq ki majburiyan

ham hon ya tum ho vo ahd-e-ba-faraghat bhi to ho

dekh kar rang-e-mizaj-e-yar kya kahiye ‘firaq’

is men kuchh gunjaish-e-shukr-o-shikayat bhi to ho