ho na jab tak 'matin' kaif-e-gham — Matin Niazi

aise khoe sahar ke divaane
lauT kar shaam tak na ghar aae

tufaan se bach ke Duubi hai kashti kahaan na puchh
saahil bhi e'tibaar ke qaabil nahin rahaa

gham-e-insaan ko siine se lagaa lo
ye khidmat bandagi se kam nahin hai

yahi aaina hai vo aaina jo liye hai jalva-e-aagahi
ye jo shaaeri kaa shuur hai ye payambari ki talaash hai

gham-e-maaal gham-e-zindagi gham-e-dauraan
hamaare ishq kaa charchaa kahaan kahaan na rahaa

agar duniyaa tujhe divaana kahti hai to kahne de
vafaadaaraan-e-ulfat par yahi ilzaam aataa hai

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

tumhaare bakhshe hue aansuon ke qatron se
shab-e-firaaq mein taare sajaa rahaa huun main

jise paDhaa nahin tum ne kabhi mohabbat se
kitaab-e-zist kaa vo baab hain mire aansu

dil ek sadiyon puraanaa udaas mandir hai
umiid tarsaa huaa pyaar dev-daasi kaa