paDe hain phike ye chaand taare bhi is ke aage — Asad Bijnori Alig

jis bulandi se tu bhi na aae nazar
aisi shohrat ki ai maan du'aaein na de

ham pe ye raaz khulaa bhi to bahut der ke baa'd
asl kirdaar kahaani mein kisi aur kaa hai

us kaa ham se baat karnaa yaad karnaa pyaar karnaa
ik ghalat-fahmi thi jo ab duur hoti jaa rahi hai

bulandiyon par zaraa takabbur se duur rahnaa
vagarna ye hi banegaa vajh-e-zavaal laDki

milaa hai husn to is par ghurur itnaa nahin achchhaa
milaa detaa hai miTTi mein khudaa maghrur chehron ko

rahe hain chaand-raaton mein bhi tanhaa
hamein khuddaariyaan mahngi paDi hain

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

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

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

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi