Zubaan rakhte hain

Haan jo haasil e ilm zubaan rakhte hain
Apne lehje ka bhi dhyaan rakhte hain

Aksar karte hain jo daave tajurbe ke
baal apne siyaah imkaan rakhte hain

Roz jalte hain waswason ki lapton mein
Jo ghar mein ek beti jawaan rakhte hain

Teer e talab kabhi udhar se nahin aata
bhanvon mein kyun kamaan rakhte hain

Wo khul ke hanste hue bhi dekhe gaye 
lehja sirf hum se natavaan rakhte hain

nasiihat se jinki ghuroor tepakta tha
Muflisi mein bada itmenaan rakhte hain

Quateel Ahmad
15 February 2013

Fone per baat karta hai rabt se malaal, achcha hai
Wo mujhse door gar, rahta hai khush haal achcha hai

Jiske goshon mein naummeedi ki fasal hi lehlahaaye
Us khet mein building banane ka khayal achcha hai

Bahot sharaab pilayi hai aaj mujhe raqeebon ne
Doobe may-e-hasad mein khumar-e-visaal achcha hai

Na mujhse Urdu bol, wa mun Turkie nami danum
Jo do zubaan rakhta ho aaj usika haal achcha hai

Quateel Ab ek hi shakhs ko shiddat se dhoondiye
Wo brahman jisne kaha tha ye saal achcha hai

Kya zaroori hai

Tujhse mohabbat is dil ki majboori hai.
Kya yeh adaa e berukhi zaroori hai

Chaand aur sooraj bhi ek ho jaate hain
Dilon ka garhan lagna kya zaroori hai

Har maikade mein tu dikhaayi deta hai
Hosh khone ko uska hona zaroori hai

Hausle ko mere farogh dete hain
Mera girna jinke liye zaroori hai

Mausam e gul mein sirf kaliyaan hain
Is soorat e haal mein dakhal zaroori hai

Dast-bardaar na ho itni jaldi mein
Bojh ki nazaakat samajhna zaroori hai

Quateel Ahmad
12 November 2012

As good as it gets

We only have ourselves to blame
Our pleasant togetherness
was that drifted us apart,
We had what was good,
but needed more,

Harboured incredulous notions
of love passion fed
by movies by books,
By words of twisted poets heavenly sublime
I wanted us to be better
You wanted us to be perfect
Neither seeing what we were, are
hunger for a greater love
became its very poison

Today passing through the shadows
Of fleeting relationships
Of veneers of attachments and likes
Of lusts and pitys
Realise far from each other
That thing we had
Was as good as it gets

Feb 7, 2011

Aaj Bhi Hai

Mile the jaise khwaabon mein hum tum,

ek kasak bedaar aaj bhi hai

Khule jo raaz gesuon ke chandni raat mein,

saanson mein mehak aaj bhi hai

Aaj bhi damakti hai tere vaaste chashme nam,

soona soona ye sehen aaj bhi hai

Yaadon se hi karta hoon apne din roshan,

nazar andhere ki mujh par aaj bhi hai

Mazii mein sahare kab tak dhoondhun,

Aao ki duniya se bair aaj bhi hai

Apni hasti ka jurmana to de diya

Tum se baaki hisaab aaj bhi hai