kyaa taab kyaa majaal hamaari ki bosa lein — Bahadur Shah Zafar

ab ki jo raah-e-mohabbat mein uThaai taklif
sakht hoti hamein manzil kabhi aisi to na thi

kitnaa hai bad-nasib 'zafar' dafn ke liye
do gaz zamin bhi na mili ku-e-yaar mein

dekh dil ko mire o kaafir-e-be-pir na toD
ghar hai allaah kaa ye is ki to taamir na toD

khvaab meraa hai ain bedaari
main to us mein bhi dekhtaa kuchh huun

ye qissa vo nahin tum jis ko qissa-khvaan se suno
mire fasaana-e-gham ko miri zabaan se suno

bulbul ko baaghbaan se na sayyaad se gila
qismat mein qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahaar mein

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

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

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

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

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge