is tarah ishq mein barbaad nahin rah sakte 
itne qisse to hamein yaad nahin rah sakte 
hum mohabbat ke KHarabon ke makin hain phir bhi 
umr bhar mail-e-fariyaad nahin rah sakte 
aap hi aap khinche jate hain apni jaanib 
log chahen bhi to aazad nahin rah sakte 
ek aawaz si aati hai ajab kanon mein 
shahr ab der tak aabaad nahin rah sakte
        Ghazal
Is tarah ishq mein barbaad nahin rah sakte
Shamim Hanafi

