har ek lafz mein poshida ik alaao na rakh — Farooq Shamim

jhuuT sach mein koi pahchaan kare bhi kaise
jo haqiqat kaa hi meyaar fasaana Thahraa

apne hi fan ki aag mein jalte rahe 'shamim'
honTon pe sab ke hausla-afzaai rah gai

dhuup chhuti hai badan ko jab 'shamim'
barf ke suraj pighal jaate hain kyuun

hisaar-e-zaat se kaT kar to ji nahin sakte
bhanvar ki zad se yuun mahfuz apni naav na rakh

vaqt ik mauj hai aataa hai guzar jaataa hai
Duub jaate hain jo lamhaat ubharte kab hain

hain raakh raakh magar aaj tak nahin bikhre
kaho havaa se hamaari misaal le aae

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

ye vaqt kaifiyaat se bhartaa nahin kabhi
ye jaam ikhtiyaar nahin kar rahaa huun main

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

ai dost is zamaan-o-makaan ke azaab mein
dushman hai jo kisi ko duaa-e-hayaat de

tikhe to ho pa sach kaho us vaqt kyaa karo
tum ko gale lagaa le agar pyaar se koi