unhin ko arz-e-vafaa kaa thaa ishtiyaaq bahut — Syed Aabid Ali Aabid

gham ke taarik ufuq par 'aabid'
kuchh sitaare sar-e-mizhgaan guzre

shara-o-aain ki taazir ke baa-vasf shabaab
lab-o-rukhsaar ki jaanib nigaraan hai ki jo thaa

subu uThaa ki ye naazuk maqaam hai saaqi
na ahrman hai na yazdaan hai dekhiye kyaa ho

ik din us ne nain milaa ke sharmaa ke mukh moDaa thaa
tab se sundar sundar sapne man ko ghere phirte hain

kuchh ehtiraam bhi kar gham ki vaza-daari kaa
giraan hai arz-e-tamannaa to baar baar na kar

meraa jiinaa hai sej kaanTon ki
un ke marne kaa naam taaj-mahal

hain yaadgaar-e-aalam-e-faani ye donon chiiz
us ki jafaa aur apni vafaa likh rakheinge ham

jafaa ki baatein sadaa banaanaa vafaa ki baatein kabhi na karnaa
khudaa ke ghar mein kami nahin hai kiye mein apne kami na karnaa

'ehsaan' aisaa talkh javaab-e-vafaa milaa
ham is ke baa'd phir koi armaan na kar sake

dil ki dharti par vafaa kaa moajiza rakkhaa gayaa
phir dilon ke darmiyaan kyuun faasla rakkhaa gayaa

pareshaan hai vo jhuTaa ishq kar ke
vafaa karne ki naubat aa gai hai

ab dilon mein koi gunjaaish nahin milti 'hayaat'
bas kitaabon mein likkhaa harf-e-vafaa rah jaaegaa