tark-e-ulfat ke baa'd bhi 'ashfaaq' — Ahmad Ashfaq

biktaa rahtaa sar-e-baazaar kai qiston mein
shukr hai mere khudaa ne mujhe shohrat nahin di

kisi ki shakhsiyat majruh kar di
zamaane bhar mein shohrat ho rahi hai

faasle ye simaT nahin sakte
ab paraayon mein kar shumaar mujhe

meri kam-goi pe jo tanz kiyaa karte hain
meri kam-goi ke asbaab se naa-vaaqif hain

lagtaa hai ki is dil mein koi qaid hai 'ashfaaq'
rone ki sadaa aati hai yaadon ke khanDar se

chikh uThtaa hai dafatan kirdaar
jab koi shakhs bad-gumaan ho jaae

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ji churaane ki nahin shart dil-e-zaar yahaan
ranj uThaane hi ki Thahri hai to phir dil se uThaa

ishq mein ain hunar-mandi hai
sab jise be-hunari kahte hain

miri nadim mohabbat ki rifaton se na gir
buland baam-e-haram hi nahin kuchh aur bhi hai