bataa nasib-e-nasheman main kyaa duaa maangun — Shauq Asar Rampuri

abhi farq hai aadmi aadmi mein
abhi duur hai aadmi aadmi se

shagufta phuul jo dekhe to 'shauq' yaad aayaa
diye the daagh bhi gulshan ne be-shumaar mujhe

mire khayaal ki vusat mein hain hazaar chaman
kahaan kahaan se nikaalegi ye bahaar mujhe

vo gham ho yaa alam ho dard ho yaa aalam-e-vahshat
use apnaa samajh ai zindagi jo tere kaam aae

aaj tak dair-o-haram mein tegh hi chalti rahi
laakh ham-rindon ne chaahaa shisha-o-saaghar chalein

maatam-e-marg-e-tamannaa na samajh ai naadaan
zindagi bol rahi hai mire afsaane mein

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge