mujhe ab hawa-e-chaman nahin ki qafas mein guna qarar hai
ye to pichhle sal jo aai thi wahi chaar din ki bahaar hai
hain jigar mein dagh lahu hai dil hain tar aankhen sina figar hai
yahi rang-o-bu yahi fasl-e-gul yahi be-kason ki bahaar hai
koi hasb-e-haal KHitab ho mere dil ko dil na kaha karo
use kyun bahaar ka nam do jo KHizan nasib-e-bahaar hai
hain payam-e-amad-e-sham-e-gham ruKH-e-aftab ki zardiyan
ye tamam din to kuchh aur tha magar ab charagh-e-mazar hai
jo gulon ne chehre pe mal liya jo kali ne mang mein bhar liya
wo ghaDi bhi aaegi dekhna yahi rang KHun-e-bahaar he
faqat ek KHak ka Dher hai ye baghaur dekh rahe ho kya
sar-e-lauh likkha hua hai kuchh chalo bhi kisi ka mazar hai
jo tere pasine ki bu na de to kuchh aur hai gul-e-tar nahin
jo taDap na de tere husn ki wo bahaar nang-e-bahaar hai
ye maqam-e-ishq hai kaun sa ye hain kaisi sabr ki manzilen
na taDap hai dil mein na dard hai na sukun hai na qarar hai
ye sada to hai wahi dukh bhari mere kan jis se hain aashna
zara chup raho mujhe sunne do ye to mere dil ki pukar hai
tere dil ki bhi na kali khile tere hath TuTen KHuda kare
jise toDe leta hai baghban yahi phul jaan-e-bahaar hai
ye ajab masarrat-e-ishq hai jo ek ashk ban ke Tapak paDi
ye 'siraj' mera nasib hai ki KHushi bhi gham-ba-kanar hai
Ghazal
Mujhe ab hawa-e-chaman nahin ki qafas mein guna qarar hai
Siraj Lakhnavi