Farhad

teshe baghair mar na saka kohkan asad sargashta-e-khumar-e-rusum-o-quyud tha...

ham sahal-talab kaun se farhad the lekin ab shahr mein tere koi ham sa bhi kahan hai...

be-sutun ik navahi mein hai shahr-e-dil ki tesha inam karen aur koi farhad rakhen...

main parbaton se laDta raha aur chand log giili zamin khod ke farhad ho gae...

sun to liya kisi naar ki khatir kaaTa koh nikali nahr ek zara se qisse ko ab dete kyun ho tuul miyan...

qais ho kohkan ho ya hali aashiqi kuchh kisi ki zaat nahin...

na kohkan hai na majnun ki the mire hamdard main apna dard-e-mohabbat kahun to kis se kahun...

kaam aai kohkan ki mashaqqat na ishq mein patthar se ju-e-shiir ke laane ne kya kiya...

abas mehnat hai kuchh haasil nahin patthar-tarashi se yahi mazmoon tha farhad ke teshe ki khat-khat ka...

teshe ki kya majal thi ye jo tarashe be-sutoon tha wo tamam dil ka zor jis ne pahad dhaa diya...

kya kohkan ki koh-kani kya junoon-e-qais vadi-e-ishq mein ye maqam ibtida ke hain...