subh-e-chaman mein ek yahi aaftaab thaa — Muneer Niyazi

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa

sukhan mein sahl nahin jaan nikaal kar rakhnaa
ye zindagi hai hamaari sambhaal kar rakhnaa

shaayad ki khudaa mein aur mujh mein
ik jast kaa aur faasla hai

tum ham-safar hue to hui zindagi aziiz
mujh mein to zindagi kaa koi hausla na thaa

jis ko milnaa nahin phir us se mohabbat kaisi
sochtaa jaaun magar dil mein basaae jaaun

ik tez raad jaisi sadaa har makaan mein
logon ko un ke ghar mein Daraa denaa chaahiye

aankhon mein meri subh-e-qayaamat gai jhamak
siine se us pari ke jo parda ulaT gayaa

din ke hangaame jilaa dete hain mujh ko varna
subh se pahle kai martaba mar jaaataa huun

main use subh na jaanun jo tire sang nahin
main use shaam na maanun ki jo tere bin hai

tujh se mil ke bhi teraa intizaar rahtaa hai
subh ru-e-khandaan se shaam zulf-e-barham tak

vahi yaksaaniyat-e-shaam-o-sahar hai ki jo thi
zindagi dast-ba-dil khaak-basar hai ki jo thi

subh kaisi hai vahaan shaam ki rangat kyaa hai
ab tire shahr mein haalaat ki surat kyaa hai