I HOPE YOU THINK OF ME

When the dusk is nigh

And the breeze flows in

When it gets too cold

You want a hand to hold

I hope you think of me

When the crowd is large

And you feel all alone

You search for a face familiar

I hope you think of me

When your joy's out of bounds

Or so is your grief

In your laughter and your tears

I hope you think of me

When you've lost something precious

When you feel incomplete

You need someone to outpour on

I hope you think of me

When you feel loved without conditions

When your thoughts make you beautiful

When you know you can rely on

I hope you think of me

When the heavens open

And I'm called for

I hope I bring you warmth

When you still think of me

IJAAZAT

Jo zyada mashgul na ho toh
Jo kisi aur ke khayaalo mein na ho toh
Hai milne ki ijaazat
Dil hai maange

Jo deewangi ki deewani ho toh
Kucch deewangi aisi si hai
Jo ajao nazro ke saamne toh
Saanse aane ki ijaazat hain mange

Jo paak samajhti ho khud ko itna
Kisi paymaane se kam nahi
Madhoshi aisi nazron mein tumhari
Hosh bhi aane ki ijaazat hai maange

Jo yakeen na ho lafzo par mere
Kar mehsus ke dekhlo
Dil bhi dhadakne ki ijaazat hai maange
Kadmon mein tumhare hai kaynaat ye puri
Jo khuda bhi khudayi ki ijaazat hai maange

BEING ALONE

I feel good being alone

An unperturbed flow of thoughts of you

Just a remembrance of your face

Of your smile across those lips

I feel good being alone

The urge to keep you impressed

Washing away my mind's useless chatter

Oh! The dimples, the abyss I could live in

To keep you laughing 

Whether I keep you or not

The spirituality of your voice

Like wind over a lonely beach

Peace my heart now knows

Meditating with liberosis

I feel good being alone

Baadal Se Bair

Hai jashn koi teri paayalon ne manaaya
Ya hai aawaaz ye pehli baarish ki
Sadiyon se barsaaya pyar tujhpar
Tujhey bhayi barsaat, dekh saazish baadal ki

Hai kurbaan tujhpar mera bhi sab kuchh
Jaise kurbaan hai karta baadal khud ko
Na dekha maine use jisme tu na dikhi
Par bhaya tujhey baadal, bhigaya jisne sabko

Wo khushboo gili mitti ki
Thandi havayein chhedti taaza hariyali ko
Kisi panchhi ke geet ke beech nazar aayi tu
Jo utar aaye pyale mein tu, ho jayein band madhushala

Hai ghul jaati mohabbat hawaon mein
Andaaz jo mausam ka aisa ho
Shayad chhitey tujhpar padti boond ke pad jaayein mujhpey
Toh kardu maaf mai us baadal ko

Spirituality and Love

We know it's fake
A complete illusion it is
The world that we live in
Is no more than an abyss

I know it for a fact
Just my thoughts' manifestation
Yet I am drawn to you
Like you're my meditation

I know it's just chemicals
Making us feel what we do
None of it is real
Except for me falling for you

I wonder if there's some force as real
As illusionary this world is and which can
Fulfill its goal of bringing us together
Perhaps that's why the universe began

BADE DINO BAAD

Bade dino baad jo dhadkan suni

To thoda ghabra gaye

Kya qayamat agayi lene hame

Fir jana ke dil ko tum yaad agaye

Bade dino baad khaali baithna

Khaali sa nahi hai

Jo thi zindagi chand saanso me kat rahi

Uski ab aarzoo bhi nahi hai

Yun milna tumse sadiyo mein ek baar

Bas chand muskaano mein bichhad jaane ko

Jaise registaan mein badal zamaano ke baad

Aaye bas do boondein barsaane ko

Bade dino baad shayari ka shaukh aya hai

Zarre zarre mein hain jazbat bhare

Shabdon se humne dhoka khaya hai

Hai kehna toh bohot kuchh humein

Zara thehro, abhi abhi dil pe malham lagaya hai

Bade dino baad jo hogi mulaakaat

Sunenge firse dhadkan dil ki

Mat ghabrana jo ajaye qayamat

Chhipa kar tumko, kar denge jaan haazir khud ki

IBAADAT

Teri ibaadat se badi mohabbat kya hogi

Tere daaman me jo na ho

To jannat kya hogi

Jo nikle nahi ashk do chaar gham me tere

Wo zindagi, zindagi kya hogi

Jo har roz khuda se pehle tujhey yaad karoon

Jo na aaye zubaan pe naam tera

To zubaan se bair karoon

Mat bol patthar dil mujhey

Jo thukra diya tune dil mera

Dil ko patthar sa mehsus karoon

Bin tere lafzo ke namaaz na hogi

Jo dekhu na tujhey muskaate

To zarurat aankho ki kya hogi

Jo kiya na ishq tujhsey maine

To jeene ki wajah kya hogi

BENAAM

Kehte hain log jise ek ho jana
Kehte hain jise rishta purana
Jhukta jiske aage khuda tak hai
Puchha uske bando ne aye ishq, tera mazhab to batana

Dil ki kashti mein liye use chalta raha
Aya tufaan toh samandar se ladta raha
Puchhli jaat kinare ne mere khoon ki
Pyar hai kaafi, sochkar dil dhadakta raha

Zara ittila kardi hoti aye khuda
Jo banaye tune kaanoon pyar mein
Kar baitha ishq mai bin puchhe naam tak uska
Toh jana dil ka nahi, dharm ka mol hai pyar mein

Mat jao dar khuda ke tum
Jo bakshish uski thukrate ho
Kya kam hai nafrat is jahan mein
Jo laga kar bandishein pyar me
Khudko insaan batate ho

Dil mein liye pyar aaj bhi chalta hu
Naa mazhab na jaat
Na dharm kisi muskaan ka
Bin puchhe naam uska ishq aaj bhi karta hu

MOHABBAT-E-HARAAM

Udd se gaye rang phulon se
Jo rango mein tere nigaah sama gayi
Kar leti lihaaz mere bhi mazhab ka
Kar diya shaayrana jo urdu tu sikha gayi

Chal diya mandir ki ore
Jo yaad khuda ki agayi
Rakh liya roza maine yahan
Tu karva chauth wahan mana gayi

Kyun dhundti hai tu asmaan mein khuda
Suna hai wahan bhagwaan hai mera
Kyun jhukti hai tu masjid mein
Jaise mandir mein mai jhuka

Hijaab mein chhupta tera chehra jo dekhu
Jaise pallu mein chhupi dulhan agayi
Kehte hain log khooni hain tere bhai
Par tehzeeb duniya ko tu sikha gayi

Dhoond raha tha patharo mein jise
Ibadat wo insaan mein nazar agayi
Dekha ek baar bas nafrat na karke
Toh tu mohabbat karna sikha gayi

KHAYAL

Hai sukun ata ye dekhkar
Ke hai duniya mein achhai abhi
Jo dekhe koi muskurate tumhe
Kaise kare gunaah kabhi

Tum chaho na chaho batiyana mujhsey
Dil ki baaton ko rokogi kaise
Kabhi dekh na lena meri ore kabhi
Dil ki chori ko rokogi kaise

Chahe karlo jitni nafrat mujhsey
Hai sona ubharta jalke, pighalke
Chahe ho mohabbat ya nafrat aye jaan
Aunga main hi khayalo se nikal ke

A HEART'S TALE

Severed and tattered, falling to bits
Teary red eyes, heart's been slit
As I gather the pieces of me off the ground
Into darkness I see a candle is lit

Afraid of deception, my everlasting friend
I caress the distance and pretend to pretend
That I'm joyous with how life has turned out to be
Wishing inside for the distance to end

O what beauty God has showered
Your glow has the desert flowered
The elixir of your smile has my heart beating
As your charm has it devoured

With hope and smile on my face
Slaved by your mesmerising grace
I follow my heart and admire your beauty
I fall in love, your dreams I crave

SALAAHIYAT

Hosh se badi sazaa kya hogi

Moondi ankhon se jo dekhe

Jannat wo dekhne walon ko kahan hogi

Teri hasi mein jo chain-e-madhosh hai aye jaan

Wo samajhdaro ko dua-e-khuda mein kahan razaa hogi

Teri nigahon ki roshni se zada

Rangsazi syahi kya hogi

Hai meherbani teri muskaan ki aye jaan

Warna salaahiyat qous-o-qazah ki

Baarish mein kahan hogi

Chauksi se zada bayzaar zindagi kya hogi

Ruk ruk ke, tham tham ke

Hasne se zada udasi kya hogi

Jab ki hai mohabbat tujhsey aye bakshish-e-khuda

Toh dua kubul bhala allah se kya hogi

JEEVAN

badhte badhte badh to gaya
pakadke ungli chal to gaya
manzil ka pata lekin na tha
bas raah pakdi aur kho sa gaya
bachpan mein pyar kiya to tha
par jana nahi hota hai kya
khilaune, khel fir dosti yaari
pyar ke shikhar pe maap baap aur behen pyari
bhatka hua sa dil tha mera
tumse mila to sambhal to gaya

koi khata ho to maaf kar dena
na kar sako to barbaad kar dena
tumhari muskaan ki kimat tum jaanti nahi
loot loot ke use mai lut sa gaya
naino se barasti har boond tumhare
tezaab si lagti dil pe hamare
toh zakham na dena isko kabhi
tumhe hasta dekh ye dhadak jo gaya

shaitaniya kabhi kam na hongi
aakhir hoti hain apne ke aage
tum rootth jao chahe jitna
manake tumko mai tumpe mar sa gaya
ab vada hai tumse mera
ke zindagi meri ab hamari hai
saansien rahein na rahein, pyar karunga
tumhe paake hi to mai jee sa gaya

A PAINTER

Is there a painter I wonder
To paint a face better than yours
To play with colors like it's in his soul
To paint me a wonder
Even Gods behold

Could he paint eyes
With so much love
To make a sword refuse to kill
And fill them with water
To wash away the slaughter
Time has in my heart drilled

Could he paint the lips
Cherrier than red
So I feel your kisses in my viens
Could he make them smile
Convincing my heart
Of a moment devoid of pain

If he does exist
A painter so good
Who hypnotizes using colors
Let him stay home in heaven please
Let him not envy the admirer of his work
As my words fill life and enchant his masterpiece

BEHKA

Mere hottho tale shabd hain kuchh
Kabhi hottho pe apne sajao na
Baatein uthti jo dil mein hain
Kabhi tum unhe kar jao na

Kyun sharm ki chaadar odhhe tum
Pyar ki thandak se bachti ho
Kehte hain pyar mein hota hai khuda
Kabhi namaaz mujhey bhi sikhao na

Jo rakhna hai dil apne paas hi
To muskaano se yun chhaliyao na
Na rahi nashili sharab koi
Mera naam leke mujhey behkao na

TERI MUSKAAN

Teri chuppi se baatein karna acha lagta hai
Tere dard ko peena acha lagta hai
Teri palko pe padti har boond ke liye
Thoda sa marna acha lagta hai

Wo baatein milkar ho nahi paati
Jo duriyan dil se karvati hain
Bichhadne ka dar to hame bhi hai
Par us dar me jeena acha lagta hai

Sab kuch kho kar ek junoon hai man me
Ke kho dun khud ko teri khushiyo ke liye
Tu meri ho ya kisi aur ki
Teri muskaan ki wajah hona acha lagta hai

KHWAISHEIN

Tere khayalo ke kohre me kho jaun

Tere ishq me haste haste ro jaun
Bohot jee liye khudayi zindagi
Tu mil jaye to khud khuda ho jaun

Teri baaton ki dhun gungunaoon
Koi kahe pagal to mai sharmaoon
Bohot bana liye bahane ab
Banke tera mashooq ab tujhsey milne aoon

Teri muskaan asmaan pe bichhaoon
Khuda se na hua wo kar jaun
Jo na doon khushi ek pal ko tujhey
To jeena bekaar, mai mar jaoon

JEEVAN KI ROSHNI

Soch raha hu kya lafz likhu
Jinme tu utar paye
Bayaan karu teri khubsurti kaise
Ye zubaan mere dil ko samajh na paaye

Kya jaadu hai muskaan me teri
Jo murde bhi harshayein
Chamak hai aisi chehre me tere
Bin ankho wale rango me nahayein

Kya karu shukriya khuda ka mai
Awaaz jo teri kaano tak aaye
Ehsaas kuch aisa hota hai
Koyaliya koi geet sunaye

Tere bas hone se hi
Jee karta hai jine ka
Hai mere jeevan ki roshni tu
Hai tujhmey khuda,
Tere aage wo bhi sar jhukaye

ULJHAN

Uljhan me hai zubaan
Kahe to kya kahe aisa
Jo kisi aur ne kaha na ho
Kya mai kahu
Ke khafa hu mai us har lamhe se
Jisme tu muskuraya na ho

Ya fir kahun hone se tere
Achha lagta hai jeena
Naa jaane kya nasha hai tujhmey
Ke mai bhul gaya peena

Uljhan me hai zubaan
Par is uljhan me wo suljhan hai
Jo milti hai na mandir na masjid me
Kehte honge log khel isse dil ka
Mere liye to swayam khuda se milan hai

KUCHH BAATEIN AISI

Jo hotth kabhi naa keh payen
Kuchh baatein aisi karni hain
Jo samajhaye tu na samajh paye
Kuchh baatein aisi karni hain

Jo kehte hain hans ek duje se
Jo baatein hain panchhi aur pawan ki
Jo baatein hoti hain bin bhasha ke
Kuchh baatein aisi karni hain

Jo sochke tumhara dil ghabraye
Par sochna bhi pyara lage
Jin baaton se hamare dil sharmayen
Kuchh baatein aisi karni hain

Kehna chahta hai jo khuda jag se
Jo bacha hai bas kitabon me
Likhi jayen kahaniyan fir se
Mujhey baatein aisi karni hain