Wo ke har ahad-e-muhabbat se mukarata jaye
dil wo zalim ke usi shakhs pe marata jaye
mere pehlu mein wo aaya bhi to khushbu ke tarah
main use jitana sametun wo bikharata jaye
kyon na hum usako dil-o-jan se chahen “tashna”
wo jo ek dushman-e-jan pyar bhi karta jaye
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam :Alam Tab ‘Tashna’
Is rah-e-muhabbat mein tu sath agar hota
har gham pe gul khilate khushbu ka safar hota
uthta mere pehlu se wo mehr-e-shanasai
ik roz to aisa bhi aagaz-e-sahar hota
ashk-e-sar-e-mizshgan ko chun leta wo palkon se
ik roz to aisa bhi dida-e-tar hota
ye tark-e-ta’alluq ke sun lete nasihat bhi
“tashna” jo koi us ka mahabub-e-nazar hota
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Alam Tab ‘Tashna’
hisar-e-maqtal-e-jan mein lahu lahu main tha
rasan rasan meri vahshat gulu gulu main tha
jo rah gaya nigah-e-sozan-e-mashiyat se
qaba-e-zist ka wo chak-e-berafu main tha
zamana hansata raha meri khud-kalami par
tere khayal mein masaruf-e-guftagu main tha
tu apni zat ke har pech-o-kham se puch ke dekh
dar-ba-dar meri dastak thi ku-ba-ku main tha
mere raqibon mein kab thi ye hausalamandi
navard-e-ishq mein khud apne ru-ba-ru main tha
ma’al-e-umr-e-muhabbat hai bas yahi “tashna”
meri talash tha wo usaki justaju main tha
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Alam Tab ‘Tashna’
aankh padati hai kaheen paon kaheen padta hai
sab ke hai un ko khabar apani khabar kuch bhi nahi
shama hai gul bhi hai bul-bul bhihai paravana bhi
raat ke raat ye sab kuch hai sahar kuch bhi nahi
hashr ke dhum hai sab kahate hain yun hai yun hai
fitana hai ek teri thokar ka magar kuch bhi nahi
nesti ke hai mujhe kucha-e-hasti mein talash
sair karta hun udhar ke ke jidhar kuch bhi nahi
ek aansu bhi asar jab na kare ae “tashna”
fayeda rone se ae dida-e-tar kuch bhi nahi
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Alam Tab ‘Tashna’