chaae piine ki lat chhuDaane ko — Shaista Mehjabeen

jin ke baghair lagti thi be-kaar zindagi
un se hi baat karne ki hasrat nahin rahi

mujh ko uljhan si hone lagti hai
baat jab der tak nahin hoti

'aql-o-daanish shu'ur kuchh bhi nahin
aise jaahil se kaun baat kare

itni si zindagi mein itni laDaaiyaan
kyaa ho gayaa hai ham ko kyaa kar rahe hain ham

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

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh