gham-e-hayaat o gham-e-dost ki kashaakash mein — Aziz Hamid Madni

jab aai saaat-e-be-taab teri be-libaasi ki
to aaine mein jitne zaaviye the rah gae jal kar

narmi havaa ki mauj-e-tarab-khez abhi se hai
ai ham-safir aatish-e-gul tez abhi se hai

mubham se ek khvaab ki taabir kaa hai shauq
nindon mein baadalon kaa safar tez abhi se hai

un ko ai narm havaa khvaab-e-junun se na jagaa
raat mai-khaane ki aae hain guzaare hue log

jo baat dil mein thi us se nahin kahi ham ne
vafaa ke naam se vo bhi fareb khaa jaataa

aisi koi khabar to nahin saakinaan-e-shahr
dariyaa mohabbaton ke jo bahte the tham gae

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin