main agar aaina nahin hotaa — Abrar Asar

na to aaftaab ki hai gharaz na talab mujhe koi chaand ki
vo charaagh mujh ko 'aziz hai miri zulmaton ko jo nuur de

us ke chehre pe thaa namak aisaa
aaj tak zaaiqa hai honTon par

pukhta agar hai 'azm to socho na dosto
chhoTi si naav aur samundar vishaal hai

khatra thaa aandhiyon se magar haae-re nasib
baad-e-sabaa charaagh bujhaa kar chali gai

chaman mein shor hai bhanvron ki chaahat kaa bahut lekin
mohabbat gul ki bulbul se hai khaamoshi ke parde mein

chaahe kitni bhi andheri shab ho
dekhnaa phir se ujaalaa hogaa