dayaar-e-husn mein tajdid-e-'aashiqi ke liye — Allama Talib Jauhari

in gali kuchon mein bahnon kaa muhaafiz kaun hai
kasb-e-zar ki dauD mein basti se maan-jaae gae

pahunchi dilon ki aag hamaare khiyaam tak
lekin dhuaan to jaaegaa darbaar-e-shaam tak

ek kuein ki gahraai se misr ke takht-e-shaahi tak
dekhne vaali aankh ko kitne naadida baazaar mile

avval avval 'ilm faqat ik nuqta thaa
aakhir aakhir jehl banaa taavilon se

bichhDe the to saakit palkein sukhe peD ki shaakhein thiin
us se bichhaD kar duur chale to koson tak sailaab rahaa

kar rahe hain zindagi mein maa'naviyyat ki talaash
khvaab mein Duubaa huaa taalaab sahraa aur main

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

didani hai ab shikast-e-zabt ki be-chaargi
muskuraataa huun magar dil dard se labrez hai

har-dam badan ki qaid kaa ronaa fuzul hai
mausam sadaaein de to bikhar jaanaa chaahiye

gham-e-vajud kaa maatam karun to kaise jiyun
magar khudaa tire daaman pe daagh hai ki nahin