teri marzi gar isi mein hai ki ho didaar-e-aam — Mirza Asman Jah Anjum

mohabbat is liye zaahir nahin ki
ki tum ko e'tibaar aae na aae

naqsh hoti jaati hain laakhon buton ki suratein
kyaa ye dil bhi khitta-e-hindostaan ho jaaegaa

shab-e-furqat hai Thaharte nahin shoale dil mein
taara TuuTaa ki miri aankh se aansu TuuTaa

misaal-e-charkh rahaa aasmaan sar-gardaan
par aaj tak na khulaa ye ki justuju kyaa hai

dukhaataa hai miraa dil be alif re
huaa huun ranj se main ze alif re

bataa tu dil ke bachaane ki koi raah bhi hai
tiri nigaah ki naavak-fagan panaah bhi hai

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa