meri vafaaein yaad karoge — Mohammad Deen Taseer

vo mile to be-takalluf na mile to be-iraada
na tariq-e-aashnaai na rusum-e-jaam-o-baadaa

daavar-e-hashr miraa naama-e-aamaal na dekh
is mein kuchh parda-nashinon ke bhi naam aate hain

jis tarah ham ne raatein kaaTi hain
us tarah ham ne din guzaare hain

hamein bhi dekh ki ham aarzu ke sahraa mein
khile hue hain kisi zakhm-e-aarzu ki tarah

ye Dar hai qaafile vaalo kahin na gum kar de
miraa hi apnaa uThaayaa huaa ghubaar mujhe

rabt hai husn o ishq mein baaham
ek dariyaa ke do kinaare hain

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

aataa rahaa huun yaad main us ko tamaam umr
is zaaviye se ishq mein naakaam kab huaa

vo jo ham mein tum mein qaraar thaa tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho
vahi yaani vaada nibaah kaa tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho

main agar TuuTaa to saaraa shahr bikhregaa 'nabil'
aisaa patthar huun fasil-e-shahr ki buniyaad kaa

bulbul ko baaghbaan se na sayyaad se gila
qismat mein qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahaar mein