kuchh tu hi bataa aakhir kyun-kar tire bandon par — Quaiser Khalid

miThi baatein, kabhi talkh lahje ke tiir
dil pe har din hai un kaa karam bhi nayaa

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

ho paae kisi ke ham bhi kahaan yuun koi hamaaraa bhi na huaa
kab Thahri kisi ik par bhi nazar kyaa chiiz hai shahr-e-khubaan bhi

mohmal hai na jaanein to, samjhein to vazaahat hai
hai ziist faqat dhokaa aur maut haqiqat hai

ab is tarah bhi rivaayat se inhiraaf na kar
badal agarche tu achchhaa na de, kharaab to de

Daal di pairon mein us shakhs ke zanjir yahaan
vaqt ne jis ko zamaane mein uchhalte dekhaa

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

kahin kahin koi taara kahin kahin jugnu
jo meri raat thi vo aap kaa saveraa hai

sunaa haal-e-dil-e-'majruh' shab ko
koi hasrat si hasrat thi bayaan mein

ek din aage hi duniyaa se uThaanaa ham ko
shab-e-furqat tu ilaahi na dikhaanaa ham ko