nashtar-e-gham na jis ko raas aayaa — Iftikhar Jameel Shaheen

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

vo aae jaataa hai kab se par aa nahin jaataa
vahi sadaa-e-qadam kaa hai silsila ki jo thaa

hai ye pur-dard daastaan 'mahrum'
kyaa sunaaein kisi ko haal apnaa

yahaan tak kar liyaa masruf khud ko
akeli ho gai tanhaai meri