basaa ke dil mein tire gham tire sitam ai dost — Abdul Mateen Niyaz

ham-nafas khvaab-e-junun ki koi taabir na dekh
raqs karnaa hai to phir paanv ki zanjir na dekh

be-rukhi dekh ab zamaane ki
muddaaa kyuun zabaan se niklaa

dil ne har daur mein duniyaa se baghaavat ki hai
dil se tum rasm-o-rivaayaat ki baatein na karo

logon ko apni fikr hai lekin mujhe nadim
bazm-e-hayaat-o-nazm-e-gulistaan ki fikr hai

vaqt mohlat na degaa phir tum ko
tiir jis dam kamaan se niklaa

kitne be-nur hain ye hangaame
main bhare shahr mein bhi huun tanhaa

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

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate