Ghazals | غزلیں


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sajdah-e-kufr sar-e-koo-e-anaa thaa keh nah thaa
sajdah-e-kufr sar-e-koo-e-anaa thaa keh nah thaa?
dil meN Sarwar! tire kuchh Khauf-e-Khudaa thaa keh nah thaa?

ham Ghareebaan-e-wafaa the, so wafaadaar rahe
:is ko woh jaane use paas-e-wafaa thaa keh nah thaa:!

Haif! DhooNDaa kiyaa too raah-e-t^alab meN us ko
yeh bataa dil mire! kuchh apnaa pataa thaa keh nah thaa?

ek saayah thaa, guzar-gaah-e-naz^ar thee, maiN thaa
kyaa Khabar mujh ko keh woh kaun thaa, kyaa thaa, keh nah thaa!

zeHmat-e-zeest, Gham-e-aarzoo, fikr-e-dauraaN
har ghaRee ek nah ik khaTkaa lagaa thaa keh nah thaa?

i'shq tasbeeH-e-azal, i'shq hee tasbeeH-e-abad
i'shq hee HaaSil-e-Sad-SubH-o-masaa thaa keh nah thaa?

har t^araf laalah-o-gul, boo-e-bahaaraaN har soo
koyee batlaaYe keh woh jalwah-numaa thaa keh nah thaa?

haaN wohee chheR gayaa jo yeh rubaab-e-hastee!
jaan-e-jaaN, jaan-e-Ghazal, jaan-e-wafaa thaa keh nah thaa?

yak-ba-yak ruk gayee :Sarwar: jo yeh nabZ^-e-hastee
sach bataa! too ne use yaad kiyaa thaa keh nah thaa?