sar-e-mahfil vo phir se aa gae hain aaj be-parda — Ahtamam Sadiq

vo shakhs yaadon kaa mujh ko ghulaam karte hue
gayaa bhi to miri nindein haraam karte hue

hadd-e-nazar tak ek dariche se aaj phir
main jaa rahaa thaa aur koi dekhtaa rahaa

ab apnaa intizaar rahegaa tamaam-umr
ik shakhs thaa jo mujh se judaa kar gayaa mujhe

musalsal sochte rahte hain tum ko
tumhein jiine ki aadat ho gai hai

so apne shahr ke raunaq ki khair maangnaa tum
main apne gaanv se ik shaam le ke aa rahaa huun

ab ibaadat mein bhi aa jaate ho lab par mere
itnaa paDhtaa huun tumhein hijr ke lamhon mein ki bas

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

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

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

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

yuun to qadam qadam pe hai divaar saamne
koi na ho to khud se ulajh jaanaa chaahiye

khush-numaa lafzon ki rishvat de ke raazi kijiye
ruuh ki tauhin par aamaada rahtaa hai badan