zulf-e-mushkin thi mehrbaan kis ki — Amjad Najmi

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

na duniyaa baais-e-ghaflat na uqbaa vajh-e-hushyaari
rahe jo tujh se ghaafil ham use ghaafil samajhte hain

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad