bahr-e-ayaadat aae vo lekin qazaa ke saath — Momin Khan Momin

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

kuchh qafas mein in dinon lagtaa hai ji
aashiyaan apnaa huaa barbaad kyaa

shab jo masjid mein jaa phanse 'momin'
raat kaaTi khudaa khudaa kar ke

tu kahaan jaaegi kuchh apnaa Thikaana kar le
ham to kal khvaab-e-adam mein shab-e-hijraan honge

na maanungaa nasihat par na suntaa main to kyaa kartaa
ki har har baat mein naaseh tumhaaraa naam letaa thaa

tum hamaare kisi tarah na hue
varna duniyaa mein kyaa nahin hotaa

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

lamhaat-e-yaad-e-yaar ko sarf-e-duaa na kar
aate hain zindagi mein ye aalam kabhi kabhi

ham khudaa ke kabhi qaail hi na the
un ko dekhaa to khudaa yaad aayaa

izhaar ki ye bhi surat thi
khaamoshi ko fariyaad kiyaa

rahtaa nahin huun bojh kisi par ziyaada der
kuchh qarz thaa agar to adaa bhi huaa huun main

ham bhuul sake hain na tujhe bhuul sakeinge
tu yaad rahegaa hamein haan yaad rahegaa