kar rahaa thaa gham-e-jahaan kaa hisaab — Faiz Ahmad Faiz

na gul khile hain na un se mile na mai pi hai
ajiib rang mein ab ke bahaar guzri hai

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aae
is ke baa'd aae jo azaab aae

aae to yuun ki jaise hamesha the mehrbaan
bhule to yuun ki goyaa kabhi aashnaa na the

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae

khair dozakh mein mai mile na mile
shaikh-saahab se jaan to chhuTegi

sab qatl ho ke tere muqaabil se aae hain
ham log surkh-ru hain ki manzil se aae hain

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

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

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