kaaTi hai gham ki raat baDe ehtiraam se — Ali Ahmad Jalili

ham ne dekhaa hai zamaane kaa badalnaa lekin
un ke badle hue tevar nahin dekhe jaate

laai hai kis maqaam pe ye zindagi mujhe
mahsus ho rahi hai khud apni kami mujhe

nasheman hi ke luT jaane kaa gham hotaa to kyaa gham thaa
yahaan to bechne vaale ne gulshan bech Daalaa hai

roke se kahin haadsa-e-vaqt rukaa hai
shoalon se bachaa shahr to shabnam se jalaa hai

kyaa isi vaaste sinchaa thaa lahu se apne
jab sanvar jaae chaman aag lagaa di jaae

gham se mansub karun dard kaa rishta de duun
zindagi aa tujhe jiine kaa saliqa de duun

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

larazti chhat shikasta baam-o-dar se baat karni hai
mujhe tanhaai mein kuchh apne ghar se baat karni hai

khush na ho aansuon ki baarish par
barq hai chashm-e-tar ke pahlu mein

gunaahon ne mujhe jakDaa huaa hai is tarah 'tanhaa'
ki lahza-bhar ibaadat bhi sazaa maalum hoti hai