dil mein 'asghar' ke khushiyon ki barsaat thi — Asghar Shamim

shahr to kab kaa jal chukaa 'asghar'
uTh rahaa hai magar dhuaan ab tak

saari duniyaa ko jitne vaalaa
apne bachchon se haar jaataa hai

kahaan sar chhupaaein pataa hi nahin
ki girne lagi ghar ki divaar ab

sar pe dastaar jab salaamat hai
dil mein aati hui anaa se Dar

talaatum mein kabhi utraa thaa 'asghar'
samundar aaj tak sahmaa huaa hai

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki

nazar bachaa ke jo aansu kiye the main ne paak
khabar na thi yahi dhabbe baneinge daaman ke

bataa khud ko bhalaa kaise sanvaarun
mujhe gham aainon mein dikh rahaa hai