ye dar-o-divaar par be-naam se chup-chaap saae — Zulfeqar Ahmad Tabish

peDon ki ghani chhaanv aur chait ki hiddat thi
aur aise bhaTakne mein anjaan si lazzat thi

kis kaa chehra DhunDaa dhuup aur chhaanv mein
aur khvaabon mein rang bhare to kis ke liye

ye naqsh-e-khushnumaa dar-asl naqsh-e-aajizi hai
ki asl-e-husn to andesha-e-bahzaad mein hai

vo saaneha huaa thaa ki bas dil dahal gae!
ik shab mein saare shahr ke chehre badal gae

hamaare shahr mein aane ki surat chaahti hain
havaaein baaryaabi ki ijaazat chaahti hain

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

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

raanaai-e-bahaar pe the sab farefta
afsos koi mahram-e-raaz-e-khizaan na thaa