khizaan kaa daur bhi aataa hai ek din 'kaifi' — Iqbal Kaifi

guhar samjhaa thaa lekin sang niklaa
kisi kaa zarf kitnaa tang niklaa

dekhaa hai mohabbat ko ibaadat ki nazar se
nafrat ke avaamil hamein maayub rahe hain

amn 'kaifi' ho nahin saktaa kabhi
jab talak zulm-o-sitam maujud hai

phulon kaa tabassum bhi vo pahlaa saa nahin hai
gulshan mein bhi chalti hai havaa aur tarah ki

mohabbaton ko bhi us ne khataa qaraar diyaa
magar ye jurm hamein baar baar karnaa hai

main aise husn-e-zan ko khudaa maantaa nahin
aahon ke ehtijaaj se jo maavaraa rahe

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai