vaqt hotaa hai bevafaa yaaro — Mansoor Usmani

haalaat kyaa ye tere bichhaDne se ho gae
lagtaa hai jaise ham kisi mele mein kho gae

aankhon se mohabbat ke ishaare nikal aae
barsaat ke mausam mein sitaare nikal aae

mujh se dilli ki nahin dil ki kahaani suniye
shahr to ye bhi kai baar luTaa hai mujh mein

jahaan jahaan koi urdu zabaan boltaa hai
vahin vahin miraa hindostaan boltaa hai

apni taarif suni hai to ye sach bhi sun le
tujh se achchhaa tiraa kirdaar nahin ho saktaa

shabnam ki jagah aag ki baarish ho magar ham
'mansur' na maangeinge duaa aur tarah ki

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

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

haae izhaar kar ke pachhtaae
us ko ik dost ki zarurat thi

kuchh dost se ummid na andesha-e-dushman
hogaa vahi jo kuchh miri qismat mein likhaa hai

dushman se aise kaun bhalaa jiit paaegaa
jo dosti ke bhes mein chhup kar daghaa kare

surma jo nuur bakhshe hai aankhon ko khalq ki
shaayad ki raah-e-yaar ki hi khaak dhuul ho