ik fursat-e-gunaah mili vo bhi chaar din — Faiz Ahmad Faiz

na jaane kis liye ummid-vaar baiThaa huun
ik aisi raah pe jo teri rahguzar bhi nahin

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae

har sadaa par lage hain kaan yahaan
dil sambhaale raho zabaan ki tarah

ai zulm ke maato lab kholo chup rahne vaalo chup kab tak
kuchh hashr to un se uTThegaa kuchh duur to naale jaaeinge

chaman pe ghaarat-e-gul-chin se jaane kyaa guzri
qafas se aaj sabaa be-qaraar guzri hai

karo kaj jabin pe sar-e-kafan mire qaatilon ko gumaan na ho
ki ghurur-e-ishq kaa baankpan pas-e-marg ham ne bhulaa diyaa

fazaa mein guunj rahi hain kahaaniyaan gham ki
hamin ko hausla-e-sharh-e-daastaan na rahaa

nahin maalum kitne ho chuke hain imtihaan ab tak
magar tere vafaadaaron ki himmat hai javaan ab tak

lazzat-e-gham to bakhsh di us ne
hausle bhi 'adam' diye hote

nai manzil kaa junun tohmat-e-gumraahi hai
paa-shikasta bhi tiri raah mein kahlaayaa huun

chalo ki jazba-e-izhaar chikh mein to Dhalaa
kisi tarah ise aakhir adaa bhi honaa thaa

hausla hai to safinon ke alam lahraao
bahte dariyaa to chaleinge isi raftaar ke saath