Intezaar...

Paigam-e-mohabbat bayaan karne hi waale the hum,

Ki taareekh-e-rukhsat ka unka khat mil gaya.

Toofan se ladhkar kinare pahunche bhi na the,

Aur unhe kisi dusri kashti ka sahara mil gaya.

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Muddatein ho gayi hain unhone hume yaad kar ke,

Maayoos tanhai ka ye waqt ab beetaya nahi jaata.

Aas lagi hai phir unke paigam-e-khairiyat ki,

Puraane khaton se ye dil ab behlaya nahi jaata.

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Woh laut gaye pardes chand lamhon ki mulaqat ke baad,
Waqt-e-rukhsat ki unki tasveer se ab is dil ko behlayenge.
Kar gaye woh vaada ki phir rubaru hone ka mauka hoga,
Us saawan ki raah mein jaane kitne saawan guzar jayenge.

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Aap ki mohabbat par koi shaq nahi,
Par intezaar ki yeh ghadiyan mushkil hai.
Saath ho to doobne ka bhi dar nahi,
Par yun alag kinaron pe chalna mushkil hai.

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Intezaar ki ghadiyan kitni mushkil hoti hai,
Iska ehsaas hume aaj ho raha hai.
Yeh nigahen aasmaan pe tiki hai,
Aur waqt ka parinda so raha hai.

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Jab hum mein jeene ki tamanna thi,
Tab dil ka zindagi se lagaav na tha.
Ab jo hum maut ki raah dekh rahe hain,
To rooh ka is jism se lagaav ho gaya hai.

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Kisi udaas shaam ko jab yun barsaat hoti hai,
To koi rehamdil boond unka aks dikha jaata hai.
Deedar-e-rukh se dil abhi bhara bhi nahi hota,
Ki bedard mausam apna iraada badal deta hai.

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Jab se unhe na milne ki kasam khai hai,
Humari mushkilen aur bhi badh gayi hain.
Abhi tak hum dil ko samjha nahi paaye,
Aur yahaan aankhein bhi shikayat karne lagi hai.

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Kai dinon se unka paigam nahi aaya,
Par phir bhi is dil ko ek sukoon hai.
Humari saansein abhi tak chal rahi hai,
Yeh unki salaamati ka saboot hai.