yaad-e-maazi ki pur-asraar hasin galiyon mein — Khurshid Ahmad Jami

baDe dilchasp vaade the baDe rangin dhoke the
gulon ki aarzu mein zindagi shole uThaa laai

pahchaan bhi saki na miri zindagi mujhe
itni ravaa-ravi mein kahin saamnaa huaa

zindagaani ke hasin shahr mein aa kar 'jaami'
zindagaani se kahin haath milaae bhi nahin

koi halchal hai na aahaT na sadaa hai koi
dil ki dahliz pe chup-chaap khaDaa hai koi

sahar ke saath chale raushni ke saath chale
tamaam umr kisi ajnabi ke saath chale

chamakte khvaab milte hain mahakte pyaar milte hain
tumhaare shahr mein kitne hasin aazaar milte hain

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

mujhe chhoD kar jo chalaa gayaa use yaad karne se kyaa gharaz
jo Thahar gae unhein shukriya jo chale gae unhein alvidaaa’