na duniyaa baais-e-ghaflat na uqbaa vajh-e-hushyaari — Amjad Najmi

zulf-e-mushkin thi mehrbaan kis ki
bu basi hai dimaagh mein ab tak

bachhDaa huaa jaise koi milte hi lipaT jaae
yuun tiir tiraa aa ke lipaTtaa hai jigar se

vafaa ki aaD mein kyaa kyaa hui jafaa ham par
jo dosti yahi Thahri to dushmani kyaa hai

kis ghalat-fahmi mein apni umr saari kaT gai
ik vafaa-naa-aashnaa ko baa-vafaa samjhaa thaa main

jab dil hi nahin hai pahlu mein phir ishq kaa saudaa kaun kare
ab un se mohabbat kaun kare ab un ki tamannaa kaun kare

isi kaa naam shaayad zindagi hai
khushi ki ik ghaDi to ik ghami ki

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

kaanTe se bhi nichoD li ghairon ne bu-e-gul
yaaron ne bu-e-gul se bhi kaanTaa banaa diyaa

aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye

aaina khud bhi sanvartaa thaa hamaari khaatir
ham tire vaaste tayyaar huaa karte the

ye vaqt kaifiyaat se bhartaa nahin kabhi
ye jaam ikhtiyaar nahin kar rahaa huun main

pyaar apne pe jo aataa hai to kyaa karte hain
aaina dekh ke munh chuum liyaa karte hain