Kaghaz ke phul

phul kaghaz ke hain KHushbu se bahut dur hain ye
meri man to unhen be-kar chuna karti hai

chandni ho ki kaDi dhup ki garmi kuchh ho
meri KHatir tu kahan rose phira karti hai

mere malbus mohabbat ka jo paiwand bane
mujh ko us reshmi kapDe ki zarurat kya hai

jo kabhi apna kabhi ghair ka bimar bane
mujh ko us husn ki yalghaar se nisbat kya hai

apne hi zauq-e-tabassum mein giraftar-o-asir
zard chehre pe mile ghaza-e-gul-e-rang ki dhul

ghair-mumkin hai na den teri nigahon ko fareb
muskuraate hue lab aur ye hanste hue phul

kya baDhaenge kabhi zinat-e-daman-e-KHulus
KHarzaron se ulajhna jinhen aata hi na ho

jin se qaem na ho KHud apne hi jalwon ka waqar
aaina le ke sanwarna jinhen aata hi na ho

raat-bhar jalta rahe chahiye mujh ko wo charagh
phul kaghaz ke hain kuchh der mein jal jaenge

tere hathon ke tarashe hue majhul sanam
mere hathon ki hararat se pighal jaenge

kya milega mujhe us gul ke tabassum se kabhi
jis ke chehre pe ho rangin shararat ki lakir

kya milega mujhe us hat ki zebai se
jis pe chaDhte hue sharmae hina ki tahrir

aise gulshan mein kahan raat-ki-rani mahke
jis ke har goshe se katra ke guzarti ho bahaar

qafila apni umidon ka kahan par Thahre
dur tak chhaya ho jab gardish-e-dauran ka ghubar

dil mein ek waqt-e-tarab-nak ka arman liye
KHud ko yun waqf-e-gham-o-gardish-e-haalat na kar

jin ka dawa hai ki hain tere muqaddar ke KHuda
meri KHatir to kabhi un se koi baat na kar

phul kaghaz ke hain KHushbu se bahut dur hain ye
meri man tu unhen be-kar chuna karti hai

chandni ho ki kaDi dhup ki garmi chakkho
meri KHatir tu kahan rose phira karti hai