ab aur sambhaali nahin jaati tiri hurmat — Arshad Jamal Sarim

dekh ai meri zabun-haali pe hansne vaale
vaqt ki dhuup ne kis darja nikhaaraa mujh ko

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

taa-umr tiraa naqsh-e-farozaan rahe mujh mein
ik zakhm ki surat mire maathe pe ubhar jaa

kyaa kahun kitnaa fuzun hai tere divaane kaa dukh
ik taraf jaane kaa gham hai ik taraf aane kaa dukh

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

gham mujhe hasrat mujhe vahshat mujhe saudaa mujhe
ek dil de kar khudaa ne de diyaa kyaa kyaa mujhe

kaaghaz ki ye mahak ye nasha ruThne ko hai
ye aakhiri sadi hai kitaabon se 'ishq ki

mire aibon ko ginvaayaa to sab ne
kisi ne meri gham-khvaari nahin ki