magar ye tirgi jaane kaa naam leti nahin — Abid Wadood

is e'tibaar pe kaaTi hai ham ne umr-e-aziz
sahar kaa vaqt ujaale bhi saath laaegaa

ham faqiron kaa pairahan hai dhuup
aur ye raat apni chaadar hai

main baarishon mein bahut bhigtaa rahaa 'aabid'
sulagti dhuup mein ik chhat bahut zaruri hai

yazid-e-vaqt ne ab ke lagaai hai qadghan
ki bhuul kar bhi na gaae koi taraana-e-ishq

ab qafas aur gulistaan mein koi farq nahin
ham ko khushbu ki talab hai ye sabaa jaanti hai

sab apne apne tariqe se bhiik maangte hain
koi ba-naam-e-mohabbat koi ba-jaama-e-ishq

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai