yuun sajaa chaand ki jhalkaa tire andaaz kaa rang — 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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

TuTegaa aap kaa dil khadsha hai ye mujhe
zinhaar mujh se nisbat rakhiye na aap bhi

lagtaa hai ki is dil mein koi qaid hai 'ashfaaq'
rone ki sadaa aati hai yaadon ke khanDar se

phir koi duur huaa jaataa hai
phir koi dil ke qarib aaegaa

baat kuchh yuun hai ki kal raat bhari mahfil mein
us kaa jab zikr huaa baat badal di main ne