Saturday, June 21, 2008

Ek jaam pila de saaqi!

Zindagi mein jo dikhey har baat sach hoti nahin,
Shaakh se patta girey wo khezaan zaroori nahin.

Aahat kaan mein mere aksar goonjti
Aks har dam saath unka, woh magar hoti nahin.

Dooriyan hain hum-mein un-mein, par gila ab kuch nahin,
Kuch to usne socha hoga, varna woh jate nahin.

Har shab tanhayi meri mujhe yehi poochti,
Hai agar Ishq tujhko, kyun phir jatate nahin.

Kal khwaab mein aa ke mile woh humse kuch is tarha,
Seher mein rim-rim ho jaise, chain phir bhi aaye nahin.

Ruh hai betaab saaqi aur tasswur mein woh hi,
Aaj tere jaam mein baat wo saaqi nahin.

Hai to gham unko bhi tanwar humse judaai ka bahaut,
Warna labon pe tabassum is kadar hoti nahin.

-Tanwar Dehlavi

Khuda Hafiz,
Sultan of Samarkand

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