ai subh main ab kahaan rahaa huun — Jaun Elia

ek hi to havas rahi hai hamein
apni haalat tabaah ki jaae

aaj bahut din baa'd main apne kamre tak aa niklaa thaa
juun hi darvaaza kholaa hai us ki khushbu aai hai

shishe ke is taraf se main sab ko tak rahaa huun
marne ki bhi kisi ko fursat nahin hai mujh mein

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

vo jo na aane vaalaa hai naa us se mujh ko matlab thaa
aane vaalon se kyaa matlab aate hain aate honge

bahut nazdik aati jaa rahi ho
bichhaDne kaa iraada kar liyaa kyaa

aankhon mein meri subh-e-qayaamat gai jhamak
siine se us pari ke jo parda ulaT gayaa

shaam-e-avadh ne zulf mein gundhe nahin hain phuul
tere baghair subh-e-banaras udaas hai

shaam ko subh se taabir karo tum lekin
aankh vaale to sahar hi ko sahar jaante hain

kyaa khabar thi subh ho jaaegi tere nuur se
shaam se meraa charaagh-e-khaana rukhsat maangtaa

shafaq kaa rang sukun hai sahar ke chehre par
ki gesu-e-shab-e-gham be-qaraar hai ab tak

subh ki sair ki kartaa huun tamannaa shab bhar
din nikaltaa hai to bistar mein paDaa rahtaa huun