jhuuT sach mein koi pahchaan kare bhi kaise — Farooq Shamim

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

har ek lafz mein poshida ik alaao na rakh
hai dosti to takalluf kaa rakh-rakhaao na rakh

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

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

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