tujh se vafaa na ki to kisi se vafaa na ki — Himayat Ali Shayar

zindagi ki baat sun kar kyaa kahein
ik tamannaa thi taqaazaa ban gai

suraj ko ye gham hai ki samundar bhi hai paayaab
yaa rab mire qulzum mein koi sail-e-ravaan aur

har taraf ik muhib sannaaTaa
dil dhaDaktaa to hai magar khaamosh

taariki mein lipTi hui pur-haul khamoshi
is aalam mein kyaa nahin mumkin jaagte rahnaa

apne kisi amal pe nadaamat nahin mujhe
thaa nek-dil bahut jo gunahgaar mujh mein thaa

main sochtaa huun is liye shaayad main zinda huun
mumkin hai ye gumaan haqiqat kaa gyaan de

tasvir kyuun dikhaaein tumhein naam kyuun bataaein
laae hain ham kahin se kisi bevafaa ki hai

bevafaai pe teri ji hai fidaa
qahr hotaa jo baa-vafaa hotaa

ham dil se rahe tez havaaon ke mukhaalif
jab tham gayaa tufaan to qadam ghar se nikaalaa

is adaa se vo jafaa karte hain
koi jaane ki vafaa karte hain

zikr-e-mehr-o-vafaa to ham karte
par tumhein sharmsaar kaun kare

bahut se gham to diye 'zabt' aise logon ne
ki jin se koi tavaqqo na thi vafaa ke sivaa