dushmanon se pashemaan honaa paDaa hai — Khumar Barabankavi

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

na to hosh se taaaruf na junun se aashnaai
ye kahaan pahunch gae hain tiri bazm se nikal ke

ye kahnaa thaa un se mohabbat hai mujh ko
ye kahne mein mujh ko zamaane lage hain

phuul kar le nibaah kaanTon se
aadmi hi na aadmi se mile

vo kaanTaa hai jo chubh kar TuuT jaae
mohabbat ki bas itni daastaan hai

ham pe guzraa hai vo bhi vaqt 'khumaar'
jab shanaasaa bhi ajnabi se mile

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

kucha-e-yaar mein rahne se nahin aur husul
ishq hai mujh ko ik us ke dar-o-divaar ke saath

gar aur bhi miri turbat pe yaar Thahregaa
to zer-e-khaak na ye be-qaraar Thahregaa

yaan rakhna-haa-e-sina kudurat se hain phaTe
vaan ho gae hain rauzan-e-divaar-e-yaar band

nigaah-e-yaar mil jaati to ham shaagird ho jaate
zaraa ye siikh lete dil ke le lene kaa Dhab kyaa hai

na rakkhaa jag mein rasm-e-dosti andoh-rozi ne
magar zaanu se ab baaqi rahaa hai rabt-e-peshaani