Poetry 2 Sms

I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I’m gazing at a distant star.

It’s dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.

Maybe the star doesn’t even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.

Romance is the glamor which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

Zulmat-e-shab ko sitaaron se sanwaara hum ne,

Kitni raton ko tujhe uthe ke pukara hum ne,

Jab kabhi hath se umeed ka daaman choota,

Le liya aap ke daaman ka sahara hum ne,

Yoon to dunya bhi mukhaalif hai hamari warna,

Rukh badaltey huye dekha hai tumhara hum ne,

Hum zamaney se bhi takraa gaye teri khaatir,

Jo na karna tha kiya woh bhi ganwaara hum ne,

Ae Taqi, Gham nahin yeh jaan rahe ya na rahe,

Paa liya un nighaaon ka ishaara hum ne..

Zikr jab chirr geya qayamat ka,

Baat pohanchi teri jawani tak..

Dil to mera udaas hai Nasir,

Sheher kyun saayen saayen karta hai.

Hall nikaala hai yeh udaasi ka,

Ab mukammal udaas rehta hoon..

Saadullah Shah

Toot kar bhi dharrakta rehta hai,

Dil sa bhi koi wafaadar na ho.

Sochta hi rehta hoon woh jahaan kesa hai,

Doosri taraf se woh aasmaan kesa hai..

Na jane kin adaaon se lubhaa liya geya mujhe,

Qateel mere samney churaa liya geya mujhe,

Kabhi jo un ke jashn mein seyaahiyan bikhar gayin,

To roshni ke vaastey jalaa liya geya mujhe,

barah-e-raast raabta na mujhse tha qabool unhe,

Likhaa ke khat raqeeb se bulaa liya geya mujhe,

Jab un ke deed ke liye qitaar mein kharra tha mein,

Qitaar se na jaane kyun hattaa liye geya mujhe,

Mein rondney ki cheez tha kisi ke paon se magar,

Kabhi kabhi to zulff mein sajaa liya geya mujhe,

Sawaal tha ke wafaa hai kya, jawab tha ke zindagi,

Qateel pyar se galey laga liya geya mujhe..