tah kar chuke bisaat-e-gham-o-fikr-e-rozgaar — Amir Hamza Saqib

ye gard hai miri aankhon mein kin zamaanon ki
nae libaas bhi ab to puraane lagte hain

tumhaari zaat havaala hai surkh-rui kaa
tumhaare zikr ko sab shart-e-fan banaate hain

teri khushbu tiraa paikar hai mire sheron mein
jaan yunhi nahin ye tarz-e-misaali meraa

meri duniyaa isi duniyaa mein kahin rahti hai
varna ye duniyaa kahaan husn-e-talab thi meraa

makaan ujaaD thaa aur laa-makaan ki khvaahish thi
so apne aap se baahar qayaam kar liyaa hai

khabar bhi hai tujhe is daftar-e-mohabbat ko
jalaane jalne mein kyaa kyaa zamaane lagte hain

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

be-sadaa si kisi aavaaz ke pichhe pichhe
chalte chalte main bahut duur nikal jaataa huun

khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai
khvaahishein hain sadiyon ki umr to zaraa si hai

vo chaahtaa thaa ki dekhe mujhe bikharte hue
so us kaa jashn ba-sad-ehtimaam main ne kiyaa