taDpeinge tiri yaad mein ghabraaeinge tanhaa — Irfan Abid

haalaat kah rahe hain ki ab vo na aaeinge
ummid kah rahi hai zaraa intizaar kar

jiine kaa akele to tasavvur bhi nahin hai
ham tujh se judaa honge to mar jaaeinge tanhaa

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

didani hai ab shikast-e-zabt ki be-chaargi
muskuraataa huun magar dil dard se labrez hai

aankh mein aansu kaa aur dil mein lahu kaa kaal hai
hai tamannaa kaa vahi jo zindagi kaa haal hai

dusron kaa dard 'akhtar' mere dil kaa dard hai
mubtalaa-e-gham hai duniyaa aur main gham-khvaar huun