Women Poets

ayaan donon se takmil-e-jahan hai zamin gum ho to phir kya asman hai tilsmati koi qissa hai duniya yahan har

bahte hue ashkon ki ravani nahin likkhi main ne gham-e-hijran ki kahani nahin likkhi jis din se tire haath se

dhyan men aa kar baith gae ho tum bhi naan mujhe musalsal dekh rahe ho tum bhi naan de jaate

dil jin ko dhundhta hai na-jane kahan gae khvab-o-khayal se vo zamane kahan gae manus bam-o-dar se nazar puchhti rahi

ho gai baat purani phir bhi yaad hai mujh ko zabani phir bhi mauja-e-gham ne to dam tod diya rah

ik gali se khushbu ki rasm-o-rah kaafi hai laakh jabr mausam ho ye panah kaafi hai niyyat-e-zulekha ki khoj men

is aarzi duniya men har baat adhuri hai har jiit hai la-hasil har maat adhuri hai kuchh der ki rim-jhim

jab se zindagi hua dil gardish-e-taqdir ka rose badh jaata hai ik halqa miri zanjir ka mere hisse men kahan

jism-o-jan men dar aai is qadar aziyyat kyuun zindagi bhala tujh se ho rahi hai vahshat kyuun silsila mohabbat ka

kab mausam-e-bahar pukara nahin kiya ham ne tire baghair gavara nahin kiya duniya to ham se haath milane ko aai