Ghazals of momin-khan-momin

Momin Khan Momin

1800 - 1852 | Delhi, India

Contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq. He was also a physician, astrologer and chess player. Mirza Ghalib is said to have offered his complete diwan for his sher "tum mere paas hote ho goya, Jab koi doosra nahin hota".

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Momin Khan Momin

aa.nkho.n se hayaa Tapke hai andaaz to dekho

aag ashk-e-garm ko lage jii kyaa hii jal gayaa

adam me.n rahte to shaad rahte use bhii fikr-e-sitam na hotaa

agar Gaflat se baaz aayaa jafaa kii

ai aarzu-e-qatl zaraa dil ko thaamnaa

asar us ko zaraa nahii.n hotaa

chal pare haT mujhe na dikhlaa mu.nh

dafn jab KHaak me.n ham soKHta-saamaa.n ho.nge

Dar to mujhe kis kaa hai ki mai.n kuchh nahii.n kahtaa

dekh lo shauq-e-naa-tamaam miraa

diida-e-hairaa.n ne tamaashaa kiyaa

dil me.n us shoKH ke jo raah na kii

dil qaabil-e-mohabbat-e-jaanaa.n nahii.n rahaa

dil-bastagii sii hai kisii zulf-e-dotaa ke saath

ejaaz-e-jaa.n-dahii hai hamaare kalaam ko

Gairo.n pe khul na jaa.e kahii.n raaz dekhnaa

gar Gair ke ghar se na dil-aaraam nikaltaa

Gussa begaana-vaar honaa thaa

hai dil me.n Gubaar us ke ghar apnaa na kare.nge

ham samajhte hai.n aazmaane ko

ham-ra.ng laaGarii se huu.n gul kii shamiim kaa

ho na betaab adaa tumhaarii aaj

hu.ii taasiir aah-o-zaarii kii

imtihaa.n ke liye jafaa kab tak

is vus.at-e-kalaam se jii ta.ng aa gayaa

jaltaa huu.n hijr-e-shaahid o yaad-e-sharaab me.n

jo tere mu.nh se na ho sharmsaar aa.iina

juu.n nik.hat-e-gul jumbish hai jii kaa nikal jaanaa

kartaa hai qatl-e-aam vo aGyaar ke liye

lage KHada.ng jab us naala-e-sahar kaa saa

mahshar me.n paas kyuu.n dam-e-fariyaad aa gayaa

mai.n agar aap se jaa.uu.n to qaraar aa jaa.e

'momin' KHudaa ke vaaste aisaa makaa.n na chho.D

na intizaar me.n yaa.n aa.nkh ek aan lagii

qahr hai maut hai qazaa hai ishq

raaz-e-nihaa.n zabaan-e-aGyaar tak na pahu.nchaa

royaa kare.nge aap bhii pahro.n isii tarah

sabr vahshat-asar na ho jaa.e

saudaa thaa balaa-e-josh par raat

shab tum jo bazm-e-Gair me.n aa.nkhe.n churaa ga.e

shoKH kahtaa hai be-hayaa jaanaa

taa na pa.De KHalal kahii.n aap ke KHvaab-e-naaz me.n

Thaanii thii dil me.n ab na mile.nge kisii se ham

thii vasl me.n bhii fikr-e-judaa.ii tamaam shab

tum bhii rahne lage KHafaa saahab

ulTe vo shikve karte hai.n aur kis adaa ke saath

vaada-e-vaslat se dil ho shaad kyaa

vaade kii jo saa.at dam-e-kushtan hai hamaaraa

vo jo ham me.n tum me.n qaraar thaa tumhe.n yaad ho ki na yaad ho

vo kahaa.n saath sulaate hai.n mujhe