Aimless Restless Evenings

Aimless restless evenings 
lead to peaceless calmless nights
shapeless hopeless mornings follow
that baseless endless afternoons build upon
and this ceaseless cycle of ennui repeats.
Today somewhere a song plays
'Live is life'
Later they'll say I had smiled.

Sulagta hai dil

Sulagta hai dil to karta hai sawaal bhi,
mohabbat mein aati hai subh e zavaal bhi

khamoshi mein hain pardadari ki alamatein,
tanhaiyon main panapte hain malaal bhi

muskurate ho ab bhi baatein karte ho,
rakhte ho dil mein bewafa khayal bhi

gile kya karun tum se kya shikayatein,
sannaate bhi hain sukoon la muhaal bhi

nibah rahe hain is salikay se rasm e duniya,
guzre chand roz phir mahine aur saal bhi

main apna haal e dil bayaan na kar paoon,
teri ankhen bhi khushk hain laal bhi

Hai Kashish

Hai kashish phir bhi dooriyan rehti hain
Mohabbaton ke beech majboorian rehti hain

Har kali ki khushboo lena zaroori toh nahin
Bhanwaron ki apni bedaariyan rehti hain

Use dekha bhi socha bhi samjha bhi jaana bhi
Jaise sehraaon ke khaabon mein haryaalian rehti hain

Ek zamaane se rehta hoon saath jiske
Usko leke aaj bhi betaabiyan rehti hain

Mar Jaaunga

Isse zyada kuch nahin keh paaunga
yaadein jodunga to bikhar jaaunga

duaaein jisne di mujhko gin gin ke
tarazu se uske main aaj utar jaaunga

un ankhon mein kya dekh liya dil ne
dum roz keh raha hai nikal jaaunga

mujhse milna baatein karna theek nahin
bura waqt hoon belaus theher jaaunga