ye shab-e-gham ye meri tanhaai — Dr. Jafar Askari

mullaa tiri akaD se ye hone lagaa gumaan
jaise khudaa zamin pe numudaar ho gayaa

niind aati hi nahin thi aagahi ke dard se
maut ne aaghosh mein le kar sulaayaa hai mujhe

chhin leti hai aadmi kaa vaqaar
muflisi bhi 'azaab hai yaaro

miT jaaegi vatan se jahaalat ki tirgi
vo dekh inqalaab kaa suraj qarib hai

ik maan ke dam se ziist mein raunaq thi barqaraar
ab vo nahin to raunaq-e-bazm-e-jahaan nahin

mazhab se us ke dil mein na paidaa huaa gudaaz
ye aadmi to aur bhi saffaak ho gayaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

vo aae jaataa hai kab se par aa nahin jaataa
vahi sadaa-e-qadam kaa hai silsila ki jo thaa

hai ye pur-dard daastaan 'mahrum'
kyaa sunaaein kisi ko haal apnaa

yahaan tak kar liyaa masruf khud ko
akeli ho gai tanhaai meri