ab yaad-e-raftagaan ki bhi himmat nahin rahi — Firaq Gorakhpuri

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

kam se kam maut se aisi mujhe ummid nahin
zindagi tu ne to dhoke pe diyaa hai dhoka

bahut dinon mein mohabbat ko ye huaa maalum
jo tere hijr mein guzri vo raat raat hui

kisi kaa yuun to huaa kaun umr bhar phir bhi
ye husn o ishq to dhokaa hai sab magar phir bhi

jo uljhi thi kabhi aadam ke haathon
vo gutthi aaj tak suljhaa rahaa huun

chhuT ke ghar aa gae asiir tire
lekin ab in ko kaun pahchaane

zindagi ko hausla dene ke khaatir
khvaahishon ko reza reza chun rahaa huun

tohmat-e-jurm-o-khataa hirs-o-havaa ghaflat-e-dil
ham ne baazaar se hasti ke liyaa kyaa kyaa kuchh

khaak uchhaalo jo zamin par to falak par gir jaae
ab khulaa ye ki bahut past hai himmat meri

har ek baat ko chup-chaap kyuun sunaa jaae
kabhi to hausla kar ke nahin kahaa jaae

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

khudaa kare ki vahi baat us ke dil mein ho
jo baat kahne ki himmat juTaa rahaa huun main