Sitare Jab Kisi Mahtab Ka Qissa Sunate Hain

Qaisar Siddiqi

sitare jab kisi mahtab ka qissa sunate hain

mire ḳhvabon ke angan men ujale muskurate hain

haqiqat samne laane se jab daman bachate hain

to gir kar aa.ine hathon se ḳhud hi TuuT jaate hain

hamen to muskurane ke siva kuchh bhi nahin aata

hujum-e-gham men bhi ham log yuun hi muskurate hain

chalo ai bada-ḳhvaro chal ke un ki ḳhairiyat puchhen

suna hai shaiḳh sahab mai-kade men paa.e jaate hain

mohabbat men nadamat ke siva kuchh bhi nahin paaya

magar phir bhi mohabbat se kahan ham baaz aate hain

tum hi ruThe hue ho jab hamare dil ki duniya se

chalo phir ham bhi apni zindagi se ruuTh jaate hain

yahi hai farq zahid aur ashiq ki ibadat men

ye apna sar jhukata hai vo apna dil jhukate hain

miri ummid aksar chahti hai surḳh-ru hona

magar halat aksar mujh ko a.ina dikhate hain