faiz-e-ayyaam-e-bahaar ahl-e-qafas kyaa jaanein — Habeeb Ahmad Siddiqui

hai naved-e-bahaar har lab par
kam-nasibon ko e'tibaar nahin

gulon se itni bhi vaabastagi nahin achchhi
rahe khayaal ki ahd-e-khizaan bhi aataa hai

ek kaaba ke sanam toDe to kyaa
nasl-o-millat ke sanam-khaane bahut

tag-o-taaz-e-paiham hai miraas-e-aadam
mire muntazir kuchh jahaan aur bhi hain

mere liye jiine kaa sahaaraa hai abhi tak
vo ahd-e-tamannaa ki tumhein yaad na hogaa

raanaai-e-bahaar pe the sab farefta
afsos koi mahram-e-raaz-e-khizaan na thaa

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

tum gae raunaq-e-bahaar gai
tum na jaao bahaar ke din hain

phuul the rang the lamhon ki sabaahat ham the
aise zinda the ki jiine ki alaamat ham the

hazaar barq gire laakh aandhiyaan uTThein
vo phuul khil ke raheinge jo khilne vaale hain