Twenty couplets of ache and endurance — dard distilled.
dil mein jo aag laga di vo bujhaai na gayi
aankh se jo bhi bahi vo to chhupaai na gayi
mohabbat ke afsaane likhe hain meri jawaani ne
har ek lafz mein chhupi ek aansoo ki kahaani hai
ye dard-e-jawaani bhi ajab rang dikhaata hai
har gham mein bhi ik chaashni si ghuli rehti hai
dil se jo baat nikalti hai asar rakhti hai
par nahin taaqat-e-parvaaz magar rakhti hai
mere paas dene ko sirf do baatein hain
thoRa sa dard aur thoRi si mohabbat
fitrat ki ek shay hai jise ham kahein hain dil
mauj-e-naseem-e-subah hai ya dard ka asar
ye dard hi hai jo ab tak sambhaale baiTha hai
na ho ye dard to bikhra hua ye dil bhi nahin
na poochh aalam-e-barbaadi-e-jahaan-e-dil
har ek ghar mein hai is shahr ke kharaabi-e-dil
saudaa-e-ishq mein hum ne kya kya na sahe sadme
phir bhi dil-e-naadaan ko aaraam nahin aaya
roz ye baat sunaa karte hain log
dil lagaana koi aasaan nahin
junoon mein hum ne aksar daaman-e-sehra ko chaak kiya
gareebaan-e-dil-e-mahzoon ko bhi paamaal kar baithe
dil ki baat ab lafzon mein nahin tasveeron mein hoti hai
magar dard ka koi nishaan abhi tak nahin bana
lipaT-ti hai dhuaan ban ke ye aah-e-dil-e-zaar
mire nikalte hi ghar se charaagh bujhte hain
dard-e-dil ke waaste paida kiya insaan ko
warna taa’at ke liye kuchh kam na the karro-biyaan
saari umr roya kiye hum
haaye kya din the ke hum bhi the
unhin ki yaad mein roya kiye hum
bhula baithe the jab apni khabar ko
baRha to dard hi de jaayegi ye dil ki lagan
koi diya na jala raat ke andhere mein
patta patta boota boota haal hamaara jaane hai
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai
ibtida-e-ishq hai rota hai kya
aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya
ishq ik mir bhaari patthar hai
kab ye tujh naatawaan se uthta hai