jhaaD kar gard-e-gham-e-hasti ko uD jaaungaa main — Abdul Hamid Adam

saaqi mujhe sharaab ki tohmat nahin pasand
mujh ko tiri nigaah kaa ilzaam chaahiye

ijaazat ho to main tasdiq kar luun teri zulfon se
sunaa hai zindagi ik khub-surat daam hai saaqi

savaal kar ke main khud hi bahut pashemaan huun
javaab de ke mujhe aur sharmsaar na kar

marne vaale to khair hain bebas
jiine vaale kamaal karte hain

mai-kada hai yahaan sukun se baiTh
koi aafat idhar nahin aati

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

har saans hai ik naghma har naghma hai mastaana
kis darja dukhe dil kaa rangin hai afsaana

ye zoraa-zori ishq ki thi fitrat hi jis ne badal Daali
jaltaa huaa dil ho kar paani aansu ban jaanaa kyaa jaane

siine mein zabt-e-gham se chhaalaa ubhar rahaa hai
shoale ko band kar ke paani banaa rahe hain