na duniyaa baais-e-ghaflat na uqbaa vajh-e-hushyaari — Amjad Najmi

zulf-e-mushkin thi mehrbaan kis ki
bu basi hai dimaagh mein ab tak

bachhDaa huaa jaise koi milte hi lipaT jaae
yuun tiir tiraa aa ke lipaTtaa hai jigar se

vafaa ki aaD mein kyaa kyaa hui jafaa ham par
jo dosti yahi Thahri to dushmani kyaa hai

kis ghalat-fahmi mein apni umr saari kaT gai
ik vafaa-naa-aashnaa ko baa-vafaa samjhaa thaa main

jab dil hi nahin hai pahlu mein phir ishq kaa saudaa kaun kare
ab un se mohabbat kaun kare ab un ki tamannaa kaun kare

isi kaa naam shaayad zindagi hai
khushi ki ik ghaDi to ik ghami ki

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

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

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh