kahaan tamaam hui daastaan 'bismil' ki — Bismil Azimabadi

na apne zabt ko rusvaa karo sataa ke mujhe
khudaa ke vaaste dekho na muskuraa ke mujhe

ek din vo din the rone pe hansaa karte the ham
ek ye din hain ki ab hansne pe ronaa aae hai

ik ghalat sajde se kyaa hotaa hai vaaiz kuchh na puchh
umr bhar ki sab riyaazat khaak mein mil jaae hai

ye zindagi bhi koi zindagi hui 'bismil'
na ro sake na kabhi hans sake Thikaane se

aazaadi ne baazu bhi salaamat nahin rakkhe
ai taaqat-e-parvaaz tujhe laaein kahaan se

kyaa karein jaam-o-subu haath pakaD lete hain
ji to kahtaa hai ki uTh jaaiye mai-khaane se

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost