faqir-e-shahr bhi rahaa huun 'shahryaar' bhi magar — Ahmad Shahryar

tujh se bhi kab hui tadbir miri vahshat ki
tu bhi muTThi mein kahaan bheinch sakaa paani ko

khvaab-e-ziyaan hain umr kaa khvaab hain haasil-e-hayaat
is kaa bhi thaa yaqin mujhe vo bhi mire gumaan mein thaa

samaai kis tarah meri aankhon ki putliyon mein
vo ek hairat jo aaine se bahut baDi thi

na dastakein na sadaa kaun dar pe aayaa hai
faqir-e-shahr hai yaa shahryaar dekhiyegaa

saalgirah par kitni nek tamannaaein mausul huiin
lekin in mein ek mubaarakbaad abhi tak baaqi hai

qatra Thiik hai dariyaa hone mein nuqsaan bahut hai
dekh to kaise Duub rahaa hai meraa lashkar mujh mein

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

taalib-e-dost alag rahte hain sab se un ko
paas-e-asnaam nahin khvaahish-e-islaam nahin

ilaahi tu bhi pyaaraa but bhi pyaaraa phir sunun kis ki
idhar kuchh shaikh kahtaa hai aur us jaanib barahman bhi

hindostaan mein dhuum hai kis ki zabaan ki
vo kaun hai 'riyaaz' ko jo jaantaa nahin

suntaa rahtaa huun to vo kuchh bhi kahe jaataa hai
us ko lagtaa hai ki me'yaar yahi hai apnaa

mumkin hai ashk ban ke rahun chashm-e-yaar mein
mumkin hai bhuul jaae gham-e-rozgaar mein