ذرا سا وقت میں اپنے لیے بھی رکھ لوں گا — Syed Sarosh Asif

us ke haath mein ghubbaare the phir bhi bachchaa gum-sum thaa
vo ghubbaare bech rahaa ho aisaa bhi ho saktaa hai

dard ghaneraa hijr kaa sahraa ghor andheraa aur yaadein
raam nikaal ye saare raavan meri raam kahaani se

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

ai chaman vaalo chaman mein yuun guzaaraa chaahiye
baaghbaan bhi khush rahe raazi rahe sayyaad bhi

kam-ayaari ne khudaa-soz banaayaa aisaa
but to sab yaad rahe ek khudaa bhuul gae

kabhi kabhi tu mujhe yaad kar to leti hai
sukun itnaa saa kaafi hai zindagi ke liye

miTTi pe numudaar hain paani ke zakhire
in mein koi aurat se ziyaada nahin gahraa

qindil-e-mah-o-mehr kaa aflaak pe honaa
kuchh is se ziyaada hai miraa khaak pe honaa