bahut dinon se mire saath thi magar kal shaam — Bashir Badr

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

bhuul shaayad bahut baDi kar li
dil ne duniyaa se dosti kar li

ik shaam ke saae tale baiThe rahe vo der tak
aankhon se ki baatein bahut munh se kahaa kuchh bhi nahin

khudaa aise ehsaas kaa naam hai
rahe saamne aur dikhaai na de

hasin to aur hain lekin koi kahaan tujh saa
jo dil jalaae bahut phir bhi dilrubaa hi lage

khudaa ki itni baDi kaaenaat mein main ne
bas ek shakhs ko maangaa mujhe vahi na milaa

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

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

chaae ke talkh ghunT se uThtaa huaa ghubaar
vo intizaar-e-shaam vo manzar kahaan gayaa

aise khoe sahar ke divaane
lauT kar shaam tak na ghar aae

shama huun phuul huun yaa ret pe qadmon kaa nishaan
aap ko haq hai mujhe jo bhi ji chaahe kah lein