Chupke chupke raat din aaNsu bahaana yaad hai

Chupke chupke raat din aaNsu bahaana yaad hai 
Hum ko abtak aashiqi ka wo zamaana yaad hai

Ba-hazaraaN izteraab O sad hazaaraaN ishtiyaaq 
Tujh se wo pahle pehal, dil ka lagaana yaad hai

Baar baar uThna usi janib nigaah E shouq ka 
Aur tera ghurphe se wo, aankheN laRaana yaad hai

Tujh se kuch milte hi wo bebaak ho jana mera  
Aur tera danton men wo ungli dabaana yaad hai

KhaiNch lena wo mera parde ka kona daf’a-atan 
Aur dupatte se tera wo muNh chupaana yaad hai

Jaan kar sota tujhe woh qasd E pa-bosi mera 
Aur tera thukra k sar, wo muskuraana yaad hai

Tujhko jab tanha kabhi pana to az-raah-E-lehaaz 
Haal E dil batooN hi batoon men jataana yaad hai

Ghair ki nazroN se bach kar, sab ki marzi k khilaaf 
Wo tera chori chhupe ratoN ko aanaa yaad hai  

Aa gaya gar wasl ki shab bhi kahiN zikr E firaaq 
Woh tera ro ro k mujhko bhi rulaana yaad hai

Do-pahar ki dhoop meN mere bulane ke liye  
Woh tera koThe pe nange paoN aana yaad hai  

Aaj tak nazroN men hai wo sohbat E raz O neyaz 
Apna jaana yaad hai, tera bulaana yaad hai  

Mithi mithi cheR kar baateN niraali pyaar ki 
Zikr dushman ka wo batoN men uRaana yaad hai

Dekhna mujhko jo barghushta to sau sau naaz se 
Jab mana lena to phir, kud rooTh jaana yaad hai

Chori chori hum se tum aa kar mile the jis jagah 
MuddateiN guzriN par ab tak wo thikaana yaad hai

Shauq men menhdi k wo be-dast-o-pa hona tera  
Aur mera wo chheRna, wo gudgudana yaad hai  

Ba-wajood E iddaaye itteqa ‘Hasrat’ mujhe 
Aaj tak ahd E hawas ka wo fasaana yaad hai

By : Hasrat Mohani (From his book “Aansoo Bahaanaa Yaad Hai”)