pahle se maraasim na sahi phir bhi kabhi to — Ahmad Faraz

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

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

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

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo

TuuT saktaa hai chhalak saktaa hai chhin saktaa hai
itnaa soche to koi jaam uchhaale kaise

apne saamaan ko baandhe hue is soch mein huun
jo kahin ke nahin rahte vo kahaan jaate hain