muddatein ho gaiin 'faraaz' magar — Ahmad Faraz

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

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

main ne dekhaa hai bahaaron mein chaman ko jalte
hai koi khvaab ki taabir bataane vaalaa

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

kisi ko ghar se nikalte hi mil gai manzil
koi hamaari tarah umr bhar safar mein rahaa

jo ghair the vo isi baat par hamaare hue
ki ham se dost bahut be-khabar hamaare hue