baat aati hai doston ki jab — Meem Maroof Ashraf

kisi ke yaad karne kaa agar hoti sabab hichki
miraa mahbub ho kar ke pareshaan mar gayaa hotaa

sochtaa huun kyaa miraa bantaa khudaa ke saamne
gar na hotaa yaa-rasulullah sahaaraa aap kaa

bahut aasaan lafzon mein ye us ne kah diyaa ham se
nahin tum se mohabbat jaao jo karnaa hai so kar lo

jab bhi chumaa hai tire honTon ko
jism se un ko judaa jaanaa hai

abhi to aur baDhegi ye tishnagi dil ki
abhi to aur bhi zyaada vo yaad aaeinge

main tum se duur rah kar kis tarah ye tum ko samjhaaun
ki mujh se duur rah kar kis qadar ho tum akeli

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

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

ham ko yaaron ne yaad bhi na rakhaa
'jaun' yaaron ke yaar the ham to

ai dost is zamaan-o-makaan ke azaab mein
dushman hai jo kisi ko duaa-e-hayaat de

tikhe to ho pa sach kaho us vaqt kyaa karo
tum ko gale lagaa le agar pyaar se koi