aas kyaa ab to umid-e-naa-ummidi bhi nahin — Munshi Amirullah Tasleem

kyaa khabar mujh ko khizaan kyaa chiiz hai kaisi bahaar
aankhein kholin aa ke main ne khaana-e-sayyaad mein

ahd ke baa'd liye bose dahan ke itne
ki lab-e-zud-pashimaan ko mukarne na diyaa

ham ne paalaa muddaton pahlu mein ham koi nahin
tum ne dekhaa ik nazar se dil tumhaaraa ho gayaa

subh hoti hai shaam hoti hai
umr yunhi tamaam hoti hai

taDapti dekhtaa huun jab koi shai
uThaa letaa huun apnaa dil samajh kar

dil-lagi mein hasrat-e-dil kuchh nikal jaati to hai
bose le lete hain ham do-chaar hanste bolte

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

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

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

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