duur tak dil mein dikhaai nahin detaa koi — Ali Ahmad Jalili

ham ne dekhaa hai zamaane kaa badalnaa lekin
un ke badle hue tevar nahin dekhe jaate

laai hai kis maqaam pe ye zindagi mujhe
mahsus ho rahi hai khud apni kami mujhe

nasheman hi ke luT jaane kaa gham hotaa to kyaa gham thaa
yahaan to bechne vaale ne gulshan bech Daalaa hai

roke se kahin haadsa-e-vaqt rukaa hai
shoalon se bachaa shahr to shabnam se jalaa hai

kyaa isi vaaste sinchaa thaa lahu se apne
jab sanvar jaae chaman aag lagaa di jaae

gham se mansub karun dard kaa rishta de duun
zindagi aa tujhe jiine kaa saliqa de duun

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

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

dard aaluda-e-darmaan thaa 'ravish'
dard ko dard banaayaa ham ne

yaarab tu us ke dil se sadaa rakhiyo gham ko duur
jis ne kisi ke dil ko kabhi shaadmaan kiyaa