baDe baa-vafaa the mire yaar sab — Sada Ambalvi

zikr meraa aaegaa mahfil mein jab jab dosto
ro paDeinge yaad kar ke yaar sab yaari miri

vaqt har zakhm kaa marham to nahin ban saktaa
dard kuchh hote hain taa-umr rulaane vaale

bujh gai shama ki lau tere dupaTTe se to kyaa
apni muskaan se mahfil ko munavvar kar de

apni urdu to mohabbat ki zabaan thi pyaare
uff siyaasat ne use joD diyaa mazhab se

kyuun sadaa pahne vo teraa hi pasandida libaas
kuchh to mausam ke mutaabiq bhi sanvarnaa hai use

kitnaa sochaa thaa dil lagaaeinge
sochte sochte hayaat hui

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

jo munh se kahte hain kuchh aur karte hain kuchh aur
vahi zamaana mein kuchh ikhtiyaar rakhte hain

kam-ayaari ne khudaa-soz banaayaa aisaa
but to sab yaad rahe ek khudaa bhuul gae

hai ayaan ru-e-yaar aankhon mein
chhaai hai kyaa bahaar aankhon mein

samajh liyaa thaa tujhe dost ham ne dhoke mein
so aaj se tujhe baar-e-digar samajhte hain

sab doston se mujh ko ziyaada 'aziz hai
aisaa bhi ek shakhs mire dushmanon mein hai