KHayal-o-KHwab hui hain mohabbaten kaisi 
lahu mein nach rahi hain ye wahshaten kaisi 
na shab ko chand hi achchha na din ko mehr achchha 
ye hum pe bit rahi hain qayamaten kaisi 
wo sath tha to KHuda bhi tha mehrban kya kya 
bichhaD gaya to hui hain adawaten kaisi 
azab jin ka tabassum sawab jin ki nigah 
khinchi hui hain pas-e-jaan ye suraten kaisi 
hawa ke dosh pe rakkhe hue charagh hain hum 
jo bujh gae to hawa se shikayaten kaisi 
jo be-KHabar koi guzra to ye sada de di 
main sang-e-rah hun mujh par inayaten kaisi 
nahin ki husn hi nairangiyon mein taq nahin 
junun bhi khel raha hai siyasaten kaisi 
na sahban-e-junun hain na ahl-e-kashf-o-kamal 
hamare ahd mein aain kasafaten kaisi 
jo abr hai wahi ab sang-o-KHisht lata hai 
faza ye ho to dilon mein nazakaten kaisi 
ye daur-e-be-hunaran hai bacha rakho KHud ko 
yahan sadaqaten kaisi karamaten kaisi
        Ghazal
KHayal-o-KHwab hui hain mohabbaten kaisi
Obaidullah Aleem

