Escaped

If a sigh did not emerge from the lips, a wail escaped
If the pain of love did not become a poem, life escaped

For an age, the desire for a meeting lay hidden in the breast
She came to my grave, and there it escaped

Just a moment ago had i filled it, why is my cup empty?
Who stole my wine, friends? - tell me how it escaped

I had thought the heartbeat would state my case
But, when it encountered that beauty, not a sound my heart escaped

Life is a secret deep Sifar, how can we say
Whence the breath came to this body, where it escaped?

Nikli

Labon se aah na nikli, toh fughaan nikli
Gham-e-ishq sheyr mein na nikla, toh jaan nikli

Muddaton hasrat-e-wasl thi pinhaan seene mein
Aaye woh mazaar par meri, so yahaan nikli

Abhi-abhi toh bhari thi, khaali kyon hai pyaali?
Kaun chheen gaya jam-e-mai, kaho kahaan nikli

Socha tha dhadkan-e-dil rakhegi baat hamaari
Magar dekha jo us husn ko, bezubaan nikli

Zindagi ek gaihra raaz hai Sifar, kya kahiye
Kaheen se aayi thi idhar woh, wahaan nikli