ye na socho kal kyaa ho — Meena Kumari Naz

ayaadat ko aae shifaa ho gai
miri ruuh tan se judaa ho gai

tere qadmon ki aahaT ko ye dil hai DhunDtaa har dam
har ik aavaaz par ik thartharaahaT hoti jaati hai

puchhte ho to suno kaise basar hoti hai
raat khairaat ki sadqe ki sahar hoti hai

shama huun phuul huun yaa ret pe qadmon kaa nishaan
aap ko haq hai mujhe jo bhi ji chaahe kah lein

aaghaaz to hotaa hai anjaam nahin hotaa
jab meri kahaani mein vo naam nahin hotaa

hansi thami hai in aankhon mein yuun nami ki tarah
chamak uThe hain andhere bhi raushni ki tarah

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

jab bhi aql banaati hai pahlaa misraa
dil ko misra-e-saani honaa paDtaa hai

shaagird-e-rashid aap saa huun shaikh-ji saahib
kuchh ilm o amal tum ne na shaitaan mein chhoDaa

aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye

'taabish' jo guzarti hi nahin shaam ki had se
sochein to vahin raat sahar-khez bahut hai