aap ki to jild baaji ho rahi hai ab kharaab — Badr Muneer

muskuraa kar agar vo dekhe to
aaine par nishaan paD jaae

ek ummid ke sahaare par
kitni taakhir dekh lete hain

kyaa khabar kaun saa rasta tiri jaanib nikle
be-iraada bhi kai baar safar karte hain

laD rahaa huun main akelaa kaar-zaar-e-hast mein
kar faraaham tu bhi zaalim apne hone kaa javaaz

be-chehra insaanon ki is basti mein
achchhaa hai aaine toD diye jaaein

kunj-e-hairat se chale dasht-e-ziyaan tak laae
kaun laa saktaa hai ham dil ko jahaan tak laae

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

ik nau-bahaar-e-naaz ko taake hai phir nigaah
chehra farogh-e-mai se gulistaan kiye hue

na gul-e-naghma huun na parda-e-saaz
main huun apni shikast ki aavaaz