Ikhlaq na barten ge, madara na karen ge
Ab hum bhi kisi shakhs ki parwah na karen ge
Kuch log kai lafz ghalat bol rahe hain
Islah magar hum bhi ab aslan na karen ge
Kum goi ke ik wasf e himaqat hai bahar taur
Kum goi ko apnaen ge , chehka na karen ge
Ab sehel pasandi ko banaen ge wateera
Ta der kisi baab mein socha na karen ge
Ghussa bhi hai tehzeeb e talluq ka talabgar
Hum chup hain, bhare bethe hain, ghussa na karen ge
Socha hai ke ab kaar e maseeha na karen ge
Wo khoon bhi thooke ga to parwah na karen ge
Is baar wo talkhi hai ke roothe bhi nahi hum
Ab ke wo larai hai ke jhagra na karen ge
Yaan us ke saleeqe ke hain asaar to kya hum
Is par bhi ye kamra tah o bala na karen ge
Ab naghma e tarazan e bar afrokhta aye sheher!
Wa sokht kahen ge, ghazal e insha na karen ge
Aesa hai ke seene mein sulagti hain kharashen
Ab saans bhi hum lenge to acha na karen ge
Kal raat bohot ghaur kiya so hum aey John!
Tai kar ke utthe hain ke tamanna na karen ge…
Taken from Shayad by John Elia
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