bas nahin chaltaa hai varna apne mar jaane ke saath — Qasim Ali Khan Afridi

shaikh mujh ko na Daraa apni musalmaani thaam
ham faqiron kaa kisi rang se imaan na jaae

nargisi chashm dikhaa kar ke vo vahshat-zada yaar
ye gayaa vo gayaa jis tarah ghazaal aap se aap

lab-e-shirin se agar ho na teraa lab shirin
kohkan tu bhi to ab daaman-e-kohsaar na chhoD

yaar kaa kucha hai masjud-e-khalaaiq dekh le
sang hai kaabe mein murat dair mein hai mushtarak

mujhe khushi ki giraftaar main huaa teraa
to shaad ho ki hai aisaa shikaar asiir miraa

khudaa ko sajda kar ke mubtazil zaahid huaa ab to
to jaa kar mah-jabin ke aastaan pe jubba-saai kar

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

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

aataa rahaa huun yaad main us ko tamaam umr
is zaaviye se ishq mein naakaam kab huaa

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

usi ki tarah mujhe saaraa zamaanaa chaahe
vo miraa hone se zyaada mujhe paanaa chaahe

ham ko yaaron ne yaad bhi na rakhaa
'jaun' yaaron ke yaar the ham to