dosti bad balaa hai is mein khudaa — Inamullah Khan Yaqeen

is ashk o aah mein saudaa bigaD na jaae kahin
ye dil kuchh aab-rasida hai kuchh jalaa bhi hai

chashm-e-tar par gar nahin kartaa havaa par rahm kar
de le saaqi ham ko mai ye abr-e-baaraan phir kahaan

kyaa badan hogaa ki jis ke kholte jaame kaa band
barg-e-gul ki tarah har naakhun moattar ho gayaa

misr mein husn ki vo garmi-e-baazaar kahaan
jins to hai pe zulekhaa saa kharidaar kahaan

umr fariyaad mein barbaad gai kuchh na huaa
naala mashhur ghalat hai ki asar kartaa hai

khalvat ho aur sharaab ho maashuq saamne
zaahid tujhe qasam hai jo tu ho to kyaa kare

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

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

de ke dil ham jo ho gae majbur
is mein kyaa ikhtiyaar hai apnaa

ai tarah-daar-e-ishva-taraaz-e-dayaar-e-naaz
rukhsat huaa huun tere liye dil-gali se main

ba-zaahir ek hi shab hai firaaq-e-yaar magar
koi guzaarne baiThe to umr saari lage

adaa-e-khaas se 'ghaalib' huaa hai nukta-saraa
salaa-e-aam hai yaaraan-e-nukta-daan ke liye