har taraf har jagah be-shumaar aadmi — Nida Fazli

ek be-chehra si ummid hai chehra chehra
jis taraf dekhiye aane ko hai aane vaalaa

kuchh bhi bachaa na kahne ko har baat ho gai
aao kahin sharaab piyein raat ho gai

apne lahje ki hifaazat kijiye
sher ho jaate hain naa-maalum bhi

ghi misri bhi bhej kabhi akhbaaron mein
kai dinon se chaae hai kaDvi yaa allaah

zaruri kyaa har ik mahfil mein baiThein
takalluf ki ravaa-daari se bachiye

yuun to qadam qadam pe hai divaar saamne
koi na ho to khud se ulajh jaanaa chaahiye

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

barsaat muflison ki sadaa se raqib hai
kachche makaan girne kaa mausam 'ajib hai

sirf hangaama khaDaa karnaa miraa maqsad nahin
meri koshish hai ki ye surat badalni chaahiye

aaj us ne hans ke yuun puchhaa mizaaj
umr bhar ke ranj-o-gham yaad aa gae