is se pahle ki be-vafaa ho jaaein — 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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

yak qadam raah-e-dost hai 'daaud'
lekin afsos paa-e-bakht hai lang

ghussa aataa hai pyaar aataa hai
ghair ke ghar se yaar aataa hai

urdu mein baat kijiye urdu mein boliye
haq hai zabaan kaa pyaar kaa ras is mein gholiye

log logon se dosti kar ke
kitnaa saste mein bech dete hain

ye mere saathi hain pyaare saathi magar inhein bhi nahin gavaaraa
main apni vahshat ke maqbare se nai tamannaa ke khvaab dekhun