Continuing with posting my own poetry (which is just a few Ghazals and Nazms that I wrote here and there), here’s another one of my proud creations.
zaraa nigaah uThaao k kuchh qaraar aaye
mai-e-nashaat pilaao k kuchh qaraar aaye
vafaa kii sham’aa jalaao k kuchh qaraar aaye
zaraa qareeb to aao k kuchh qaraar aaye
siyaah raat ke khaamosh sard lamhoN meiN
hamaaraa dil hi jalaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!
fazaaeiN guuNjatii hoN pyaar ke suroN meiN jahaaN
vahiiN kii baat sunaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!
mirii hayaat kii tanhaaiyoN ko dekho to!
abhii na chhoR ke jaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!
khizaayeiN mujhko rulaati haiN har baras aa kar
bahaaro! tum bhi rulaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!!
maiN muntazir huuN azal se k tum se mil baiThouN!
kabhii to mujhko bulaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!
tumhaare jaane se dil muztarib hai shaam-o-sahar
kabhii to lauT ke aao k kuchh qaraar aaye!
bahut sunaa chuke ulfat ke geet aie “tanhaa”
ab AISII baat sunaao k kuchh qaraar aaye!!
11/16/2003