ab na aaeinge ruThne vaale — Saghar Siddiqui

ab shahr-e-aarzu mein vo raanaaiyaan kahaan
hain gul-kade niDhaal baDi tez dhuup hai

kal jinhein chhu nahin sakti thi farishton ki nazar
aaj vo raunaq-e-baazaar nazar aate hain

charaagh-e-tur jalaao baDaa andheraa hai
zaraa naqaab uThaao baDaa andheraa hai

log kahte hain raat biit chuki
mujh ko samjhaao! main sharaabi huun

ye zulf-bar-dosh kaun aayaa ye kis ki aahaT se gul khile hain
mahak rahi hai fazaa-e-hasti tamaam aalam bahaar saa hai

teri surat jo ittifaaq se ham
bhuul jaaein to kyaa tamaashaa ho

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

main chup rahtaa huun itnaa bol kar bhi
tu chup rah kar bhi kitnaa boltaa hai

ufuq pe yaadon ke zard aanchal mein lipTaa suraj
aur us pe shaamon ke saath Dhalti 'ajib si chup

main saada-lauh kartaa bhi kyaa tere shahr mein
chup-chaap yaar logon kaa fan dekhtaa rahaa

bazm ko rang-e-sukhan main ne diyaa hai 'akhgar'
log chup chup the miri tarz-e-navaa se pahle

janaaze vaalo na chupke qadam baDhaae chalo
usi kaa kuche hai Tuk karte haae haae chalo