agar aa jaae pahlu mein 'qamar' vo maah-e-kaamil bhi — Qamar Jalalvi

sunaa hai ghair ki mahfil mein tum na jaaoge
kaho to aaj sajaa luun gharib-khaane ko

har vaqt mahviyat hai yahi sochtaa huun main
kyuun barq ne jalaayaa miraa aashiyaan na puchh

nasheman khaak hone se vo sadma dil ko pahunchaa hai
ki ab ham se koi bhi raushni dekhi nahin jaati

zaraa ruuTh jaane pe itni khushaamad
'qamar' tum bigaaDoge aadat kisi ki

'qamar' afshaan chuni hai rukh pe us ne is saliqe se
sitaare aasmaan se dekhne ko aae jaate hain

zabt kartaa huun to ghuTtaa hai qafas mein miraa dam
aah kartaa huun to sayyaad khafaa hotaa hai

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad