gila mujh se thaa yaa meri vafaa se — Aatish Bahawalpuri

chaarasaazon ki chaara-saazi se
aur bimaar ki dashaa bigDi

dar-haqiqat ittisaal-e-jism-o-jaan hai zindagi
ye haqiqat hai ki arbaab-e-himam ke vaaste

ye mai-khaana hai mai-khaana taqaddus us kaa laazim hai
yahaan jo bhi qadam rakhnaa hamesha baa-vazu rakhnaa

maslahat kaa yahi taqaazaa hai
vo na maanein to maan jaao tum

umiid un se vafaa ki to khair kyaa kiije
jafaa bhi karte nahin vo kabhi jafaa ki tarah

mujhe bhi ik sitamgar ke karam se
sitam sahne ki aadat ho gai hai

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

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

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

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