har ik fasurda qalb pe chhaai shaguftagi — JaiKrishn Chaudhry Habeeb

bichhDe mujh se is tarah vo zindagi ke ham-safar
bujh gae hon jalte jalte jaise raste ke charaagh

'habib' khud hi banaaeinge roz-o-shab apne
huaa hi kyaa jo zamaane ne saath chhoD diyaa

baDhti gaiin jafaaein jahaan raah-e-shauq mein
josh-e-junun baDhaataa gayaa tez-tar mujhe

paa ke ik teraa tabassum muskuraai kaaenaat
jhuum uTThaa vo bhi dil jiine se jo bezaar thaa

yaa guftugu ho un lab-o-rukhsaar-o-zulf ki
yaa un khamosh nazron ke lutf-e-sukhan ki baat

nikhat vahi surur vahi dil-kashi vahi
aamad ye aap ki hai ki jhonkaa bahaar kaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

toD kar vaada jaa nahin saktaa
vo miraa dil dukhaa nahin saktaa

dam ke dam mein duniyaa badli bhiiD chhaTi kohraam uThaa
chalte chalte saans ruki aur khatm huaa afsaana bhi

ham kisi sultaan ke taabe nahin 'aabid-vadud'
ham vo kahte hain jo apne dil pe hai guzri hui