bulbul chahak ke kahti hai muddat ke baa'd phir — Mahmooda Akhtar Mahmooda

milaad-e-shah kaa din hai ki ye roz-e-id hai
ik baada-khvaar kaa saa sabaa mein khumaar hai

mausam bahaar kaa hai chaman par bahaar hai
bulbul fidaa-e-gul hai gulon par nikhaar hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

kaanTe se bhi nichoD li ghairon ne bu-e-gul
yaaron ne bu-e-gul se bhi kaanTaa banaa diyaa

'azfari' ghuncha-e-dil band aur aai hai bahaar
sair-e-gul ko ki ye shaayad ba-takalluf khil le

apni to is chaman mein nit umr yunhi guzri
yaan aashiyaan banaayaa vaan aashiyaan banaayaa