ai chashm-e-iltifaat ke maare hue sambhal — Raqim Lakhnavi

un ke liye uThaain tabassum ki zahmatein
lenaa paDaa khushi kaa sahaaraa kabhi kabhi

sarf-e-sujud kar ke jabin-e-nazar ko main
mearaaj de rahaa huun tire sang-e-dar ko main

dam bhar agar nasib ho fursat to ponchh lo
peshaaniyon pe gard-e-safar hai musaafiro

kabhi un ko milti nahin koi manzil
badalte hain jo har qadam par iraade

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

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

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa