Wo dil hi kya tere milane ke jo dua na kare
main tujh ko bhool ke zinda rahun khuda na kare
rahega sath tera pyar zindagi banakar
ye aur baat meri zindagi wafa na kare
ye thik hai nahi marata koi judai mein
khuda kisi se kisi ko magar juda na kare
suna hai usako mohabbat duayen deti hai
jo dil pe chot to khaye magar gila na kare
zamana dekh chuka hai parakh chuka hai use
“qateel” jan se jaye par iltaja na kare
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Ye mojaza bhi muhabbat kabhi dikhaye mujhe
ki sang tujhape gire aur zakhm aaye mujhe
wo maharaban hai top iqarar q nahi karta
wo badaguman hai to sau bar aazamaye mujhe
main apne panv tale raundata hun saye ko
badan mera hi sahi dopahar na bhaye mujhe
main ghar se teri tamanna pahan ke jab nikalun
barahana shahar mein koi nazar na aaye mujhe
wo mera dost hai sare jahan ko hai malum
daga kare wo kisi se to sharm aaye mujhe
main apni zat mein nilam ho raha hun ‘qateel’
gam-e-hayat se kah do kharid laye mujhe
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Yun chup rahana thik nahi koi mithi baat karo
mor chakor papiha koyal sab ko mat karo
savan to man bagiya se bin barase bit gaya
ras mein dube nagme ke ab tum barsat karo
hijr ke ik lambi manzil ko janevala hun
apni yadon ke kuch saye mere sath karo
main kiranon ke kaliyan chunakar sej bana lunga
tum mukhade ka chand jalao raushan raat karo
pyar buri shay nahi hai lekin phir bhi yar “qateel”
gali-gali taqasim na tum apne jazabat karo
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Yon lage dost tera mujhase khafa ho jana
jis tarah phul se khushbu ka juda ho jana
ahal-e-dil se ye tera tark-e-ta’alluq
waqt se pahale asiron ka riha ho jana
yon agar ho to jahan mein koi kafir na rahe
mo’ajuza tere wade ka wafa ho jana
zindagi main bhi chalunga tere piche-piche
tu mere dost ka naqsh-e-kaf-e-pa ho jana
jane wo kon si kaifiyat-e-gamkhvari hai
mere pite hi “qateel” us ko nasha ho jana
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Tumhari anjuman se uth ke divane kahan jate
jo vabasta hue tum se wo afasane kahan jate
nikal kar dair-o-kaba se agar milta na maikhana
to thukaraye hue insan khuda jane kahan jate
tumhari berukhi ne laj rakh li badakhane ke
tum aankhon se pila dete to paimane kahan jate
chalo acha hua kam aa gai divanagi apni
vagarna hum zamane bhar ko samajhane kahan jate
‘qateel’ apna muqaddar gham se begana agar hota
phir to apane-paraye hum se pahachane kahan jate
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
wafa ke shish mahal mein saja liya main ne
wo ek dil jise pathar bana liya main ne
ye soch kar ki na ho tak mein khushi koi
gamon ki ot mein khud ko chupa liya main ne
kabhi na khatm kiya main ne roshani ka muhaz
agar chirag bujha, dil jala liya main ne
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam :Qateel Shifai
Tum pucho aur main na bataun aise to halat nahi
ek zara sa dil tuta hai aur to koi baat nahi
kis ko khabar thi sanvale badal bin barase ud jate hain
savan aaya lekin apni qismat mein barsat nahi
mana jivan mein aurat ek bar mohabbat karati hai
lekin mujhko ye to bata de kya tu aurat zat nahi
khatm hua mera afasana ab ye aansu ponch bhi lo
jis mein koi tara chamake aj ke raat wo raat nahi
mere gam-gin hone par ahabab hain yon hairan “qateel”
jaise main pathar hun mere sine mein jazbat nahi
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Sham ke sanvale chehare ko nikhara jaye
kyon na sagar se koi chand ubhara jaye
ras aaya nahi taskin ka sahil koi
phir mujhe pyas ke dariya mein utara jaye
meharaban teri nazar, teri adayen qatil
tujh ko kis naam se ae dost pukara jaye
mujhko dar hai tere wade pe bharosa karake
muft mein ye dil-e-khushafaham na mara jaye
jisake dam se tere din-rat darakhshan the “qateel”
kaise ab us ke bina waqt guzra jaye
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai