baarish ke baa'd raat saDak aaina si thi — Khvaja Hasan Askari

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

koi shikva na gham na koi yaad
baiThe baiThe bas aankh bhar aai

mire aibon ko ginvaayaa to sab ne
kisi ne meri gham-khvaari nahin ki

hamaare she'r naghme aur sajde
adaa jo ho na paae kyaa hue vo