jab tiraa qaamat-e-shoala-numaa pahunchaa sar-e-bazm — Ameen Tirmizi

main ye aankhein bhi tiri nazr to kar duun lekin
teri tasvir inhein dekhti rahti hai bahut

tamaam shahr gale lag gayaa to kyaa haasil
vo ham ko munh jo lagaae to eid ho jaae

zhaala-baari se khauf aataa hai
un ki aamad kahin na Tal jaae

tum se kahaa thaa baam pe mat jaanaa aaj shaam
dekhaa naan saare shahr ki to eid ho gai

main jab jab bhi kisi kaaghaz pe teraa naam likhtaa huun
chamak tahrir se aur mahak kaaghaz se aati hai

sar-ba-kaf khud hi main maqtal mein chalaa aaya huun
log kahte hain ki vo shokh hai shamshir-ba-kaf

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe