ai ishq ! kahiN ley chal !

by Akhter Shiraani

Akhter Shiraani's real name was Muhammad Akhter Khan. He was born on May 4^th, 1905 and died in Lahore on September 9^th, 1948. His style of writing is very similar to Majaz, talking mostly about love. While Majaz was highly ornamental in his writing, Akhter Shiraani used simple Urdu words; but the effect was not less than any other poet. --- kashif

unn chand sitaaroN key bikhrey huey shahroN meiN
unn noor ki kirnoN ki Thahri hui lahroN meiN
Thahri hui nahroN meiN, soiee hui lahroN meiN
ai kHizr-e-haseeN ley chal! ai ishq kahiN ley chal!
aankhoN meiN samaai hai ik kHwaab-numaa duniya
taaroN ki tarah raushan mahtab numaa duniya
jannat ki tarah rangeeN shadaab numaa duniya
lillah wahiN ley chal! ai ishq kahiN ley chal!
yeH dard bhari duniya basti hai gunaahoN ki
dil chaak ummidoN ki, saffak nigahoN ki
zulmoN ki, jafaaoN ki, aahoN ki, karaahoN ki
haiN gHam sey haziN, ley chal! ai ishq kahiN ley chal!
[ haziN= full of sorrow]
qudrat ho himaayat per, humdard ho qismat bhi
salma bhi ho pahloo meiN, salma ki muhabbat bhi
har shai meiN faragHat ho, aur teri inaayat bhi
ai tifl-e-haseeN ley chal! ai ishq kahiN ley chal!
hum prem pujari haiN, tu prem kanhaiyya hai
hum prem kanhaiyya haiN, yeH prem ki nayyaa hai
yeH prem ki nayya hai, tu iss ka khiwayyaa hai
kuchh fikr nahiN ley chal! ai ishq kahiN ley chal!