vo kaanTaa hai jo chubh kar TuuT jaae — Khumar Barabankavi

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

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

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

dushmanon se pashemaan honaa paDaa hai
doston kaa khulus aazmaane ke baad

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

nae hain vasl ke mausam mohabbatein bhi nai
nae raqib hain ab ke adaavatein bhi nai

nafas ke loch ko khanjar banaanaa chaahti hai
mohabbat apni tezi aazmaanaa chaahti hai

us ne puchhaa hai kyaa mohabbat hai
ab bhalaa kyaa javaab duun us ko

yazid-e-vaqt ne ab ke lagaai hai qadghan
ki bhuul kar bhi na gaae koi taraana-e-ishq