shola-e-ishq bujhaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

shola-e-ishq bujhaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

shola-e-ishq bujhaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai
vo magar Khud ko jalaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

(sholaa : fireball)

us ko manzuur nahiiN hai mirii gumraahii bhii,
aur mujhe raah pe laana bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

sair bhii jism ke sehraa kii Khush aatii hai magar,
der tak Khaak uRaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

(sair : wander; sehraa : wilderness)

kaise us shaKhs se tabiir pe israar kareN
jo koii Khwaab dikhaana bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

(tabiir : realization)

apne kis kaam meN laayega bataata bhii nahiiN
ham ko auroN pe ganvaanaa bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

mere lafzoN meN bhii chhuptaa nahiiN paikar us ka,
dil magar naam bataana bhii nahiiN chaahtaa hai

Irfan Siddiqui