ye aur baat ki rang-e-bahaar kam hogaa — Aanis Moin

aaj zaraa si der ko apne andar jhaank kar dekhaa thaa
aaj miraa aur ik vahshi kaa saath rahaa pal do pal kaa

utaaraa dil ke varaq par to kitnaa pachhtaayaa
vo intisaab jo pahle bas ik kitaab pe thaa

gahri sochein lambe din aur chhoTi raatein
vaqt se pahle dhuup saron pe aa pahunchi

hazaaron qumqumon se jagmagaataa hai ye ghar lekin
jo man mein jhaank ke dekhun to ab bhi raushni kam hai

na thi zamin mein vusat miri nazar jaisi
badan thakaa bhi nahin aur safar tamaam huaa

tumhaare naam ke niche khinchi hui hai lakir
kitaab-e-zist hai saada is indiraaj ke baad

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

ai sanam tu vo kanhayyaa hai balaaein luun agar
baansuli ki tarah naalaan hon saraapaa ungliyaan

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

sayyaad teraa ghar mujhe jannat sahi magar
jannat se bhi sivaa mujhe raahat chaman mein thi

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa