Firaq Gorakhpuri
sar men sauda bhi nahin dil men tamanna bhi nahin
lekin is tark-e-mohabbat ka bharosa bhi nahin
dil ki ginti na yaganon men na beganon men
lekin us jalva-gah-e-naz se uthta bhi nahin
mehrbani ko mohabbat nahin kahte ai dost
aah ab mujh se tiri ranjish-e-beja bhi nahin
ek muddat se tiri yaad bhi aai na hamen
aur ham bhuul gae hon tujhe aisa bhi nahin
aaj ghaflat bhi un ankhon men hai pahle se siva
aaj hi khatir-e-bimar shakeba bhi nahin
baat ye hai ki sukun-e-dil-e-vahshi ka maqam
kunj-e-zindan bhi nahin vusat-e-sahra bhi nahin
are sayyad hamin gul hain hamin bulbul hain
tu ne kuchh aah suna bhi nahin dekha bhi nahin
aah ye majma-e-ahbab ye bazm-e-khamosh
aaj mahfil men ‘firaq’-e-sukhan-ara bhi nahin
ye bhi sach hai ki mohabbat pe nahin main majbur
ye bhi sach hai ki tira husn kuchh aisa bhi nahin
yuun to hangame uthate nahin divana-e-ishq
magar ai dost kuchh aison ka thikana bhi nahin
fitrat-e-husn to maalum hai tujh ko hamdam
chara hi kya hai ba-juz sabr so hota bhi nahin
munh se ham apne bura to nahin kahte ki ‘firaq’
hai tira dost magar aadmi achchha bhi nahin
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