faraaz-e-daar pe bhi main ne tere giit gaae hain — Shibli Nomani

jama kar lijiye ghairon ko magar khubi-e-bazm
bas vahin tak hai ki baazaar na hone paae

aap jaate to hain us bazm mein 'shibli' lekin
haal-e-dil dekhiye izhaar na hone paae

main ruh-e-aalam-e-imkaan mein sharh-e-azmat-e-yazdaan
azal hai meri bedaari abad khvaab-e-giraan meraa

ye nazm-e-aain ye tarz-e-bandish sukhanvari hai fusun-gari hai
ki rekhta mein bhi tere 'shibli' maza hai tarz-e-'ali-hazin' kaa

ajab kyaa hai jo nau-khezon ne sab se pahle jaanein diin
ki ye bachche hain in ko jald so jaane ki aadat hai

taskhir-e-chaman par naazaan hain tazin-e-chaman to kar na sake
tasnif fasaana karte hain kyuun aap mujhe bahlaane ko

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

intizaar aur dastakon ke darmiyaan kaTti hai umr
itni aasaani se to baab-e-hunar khultaa nahin

ye kahin umr-e-guzishta to nahin tum to nahin
koi phirtaa hai sar-e-shahr-e-vafaa aavaara

zabt TuuTaa to kuchh bhi bachegaa nahin
zabt meraa na yuun aazmaa zindagi