sar par gire makaan kaa malba hi rakh liyaa — Abid Wadood

is e'tibaar pe kaaTi hai ham ne umr-e-aziz
sahar kaa vaqt ujaale bhi saath laaegaa

ham faqiron kaa pairahan hai dhuup
aur ye raat apni chaadar hai

main baarishon mein bahut bhigtaa rahaa 'aabid'
sulagti dhuup mein ik chhat bahut zaruri hai

yazid-e-vaqt ne ab ke lagaai hai qadghan
ki bhuul kar bhi na gaae koi taraana-e-ishq

ab qafas aur gulistaan mein koi farq nahin
ham ko khushbu ki talab hai ye sabaa jaanti hai

sab apne apne tariqe se bhiik maangte hain
koi ba-naam-e-mohabbat koi ba-jaama-e-ishq

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein