vo bhii kyaa log the aasaan thii raahen jin kii - Aale Ahmed Saroor

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vo bhii kyaa log the aasaan thii raahen jin kii

band aankhen kiye ik simt chale jaate the

aql-o-dil khvaab-o-haqiiqat kii na uljhan na khalish

mukhtalif jalve nigaahon ko na bahalaate the

ishq saadaa bhii thaa bekhud bhii junuunpeshaa bhii

husn ko apanii adaaon pe hijaab aataa thaa

phuul khilate the to phuulon men nashaa hotaa thaa

raat dhalatii thii to shiishon pe shabaab aataa thaa

chaandanii kaifasar ruuhafzaa hotii thii

abr aataa thaa to badmast bhii ho jaate the

din men shorish bhii huaa karatii thii hangaame bhii

raat kii god men muunh dhaanp ke so jaate the

narm rau vaqt ke dhaare pe safiine the ravaan

saahil-o-bahr ke aaiin na badalate the kabhii

naakhudaaon pe bharosaa thaa muqaddar pe yaqiin

chaadar-e-aab se tuufaan na ubalate the kabhii

ham ke tuufaanon ke paale bhii sataaye bhii hain

barq-o-baaraan men vo hii shamen jalaayen kaise

ye jo aatishkadaa duniyaa men bhadak utthaa hai

aansuon se use har baar bujhaayen kaise

kar diyaa barq-o-bukhaaraat ne mahashar barpaa

apane daftar men litaafat ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahiin

ghir gaye vaqt kii beraham kashaakash men magar

paas tahaziib kii daulat ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahiin

ye andheraa ye talaatum ye havaaon kaa kharosh

is men taaron kii subuk narm ziyaa kyaa karatii

talkhii-e-ziist se kadavaa huaa aashiq kaa mizaaj

nigaah-e-yaar kii maasuum adaa kyaa karatii

safar aasaan thaa to manzil bhii badii raushan thii

aaj kis darjaa purasaraar hain raahen apanii

kitanii parachhaaiyaan aatii hain tajallii ban kar

kitane jalvon se ulajhatii hain nigaahen apanii