main kyaa karun mire qaatil na chaahne par bhi — Ahmad Faraz

sunaa hai log use aankh bhar ke dekhte hain
so us ke shahr mein kuchh din Thahar ke dekhte hain

TuuTaa to huun magar abhi bikhraa nahin 'faraaz'
mere badan pe jaise shikaston kaa jaal ho

'faraaz' ishq ki duniyaa to khub-surat thi
ye kis ne fitna-e-hijr-o-visaal rakkhaa hai

judaaiyaan to muqaddar hain phir bhi jaan-e-safar
kuchh aur duur zaraa saath chal ke dekhte hain

zindagi teri ataa thi so tire naam ki hai
ham ne jaise bhi basar ki tiraa ehsaan jaanaan

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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

dil ki aavaara-mizaaji kaa gilaa kyaa kiije
khaana-barbaad rahaa khaana-kharaabon mein rahaa

dil mein koi khushi nahin lekin
aadatan muskuraa rahaa huun main

rasman gale to milte hain ham 'iid par zarur
lekin dilon ke faasle hote nahin hain duur

koi rashk-e-husn-e-tamaam thaa vahi qadd-o-qaamat-e-sarv saa
vahi barq jis kaa bayaan ho kyaa jo giri to dil mein utar gai