sau baar taar taar kiyaa to bhi ab talak — Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

kabhu bimaar sun kar vo ayaadat ko to aataa thaa
hamein apne bhale hone se vo aazaar behtar thaa

phaDkun to sar phaTe hai na phaDkun to ji ghaTe
tang is qadar diyaa mujhe sayyaad ne qafas

bul-havas go karein tere lab-e-shirin par hujum
talkh mat ho ki miThaai se magas aati hai

meraa maashuq hai mazon mein bharaa
kabhu miThaa kabhu salonaa hai

dekhun huun tujh ko duur se baiThaa hazaar kos
ainak na chaahiye na yahaan durbin mujhe

ai khizaan bhaag jaa chaman se shitaab
varna fauj-e-bahaar aave hai

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

hindostaan mein dhuum hai kis ki zabaan ki
vo kaun hai 'riyaaz' ko jo jaantaa nahin

suntaa rahtaa huun to vo kuchh bhi kahe jaataa hai
us ko lagtaa hai ki me'yaar yahi hai apnaa

khud apne gham hi se ki pahle dosti ham ne
aur us ke baa'd gham-e-dostaan ko pahchaanaa

mumkin hai ashk ban ke rahun chashm-e-yaar mein
mumkin hai bhuul jaae gham-e-rozgaar mein

kuchh vaqt apne saath guzaarungaa main 'zamir'
khud se agar milaa jo kabhi ku-e-yaar mein