chalaa thaa zikr zamaane ki bevafaai kaa — Ahmad Faraz

jo ghair the vo isi baat par hamaare hue
ki ham se dost bahut be-khabar hamaare hue

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

main ne dekhaa hai bahaaron mein chaman ko jalte
hai koi khvaab ki taabir bataane vaalaa

sab khvaahishein puuri hon 'faraaz' aisaa nahin hai
jaise kai ashaar mukammal nahin hote

kisi ko ghar se nikalte hi mil gai manzil
koi hamaari tarah umr bhar safar mein rahaa

ahbaab ko de rahaa huun dhokaa
chehre pe khushi sajaa rahaa huun

us ke ifaa-e-ahd tak na jiye
umr ne ham se bevafaai ki

bevafaa kahiye baa-vafaa kahiye
dil mein aae jo barmalaa kahiye

main kis liye tujhe ilzaam-e-bevafaai duun
ki main to aap hi patthar huun apne raste kaa

vafaa jis se ki bevafaa ho gayaa
jise but banaayaa khudaa ho gayaa

ye bhi ik dhokaa thaa nairang-e-tilism-e-aql kaa
apni hasti par bhi hasti kaa huaa dhokaa mujhe