fazaa tabassum-e-subh-e-bahaar thi lekin — Firaq Gorakhpuri

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

kam se kam maut se aisi mujhe ummid nahin
zindagi tu ne to dhoke pe diyaa hai dhoka

bahut dinon mein mohabbat ko ye huaa maalum
jo tere hijr mein guzri vo raat raat hui

kisi kaa yuun to huaa kaun umr bhar phir bhi
ye husn o ishq to dhokaa hai sab magar phir bhi

jo uljhi thi kabhi aadam ke haathon
vo gutthi aaj tak suljhaa rahaa huun

chhuT ke ghar aa gae asiir tire
lekin ab in ko kaun pahchaane

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

hai ab is maamure mein qaht-e-gham-e-ulfat 'asad'
ham ne ye maanaa ki dilli mein rahein khaaveinge kyaa

main jab 'qatil' apnaa sab kuchh luTaa chukaa huun
ab meraa pyaar mujh se daanaai chaahtaa hai

dil-e-har-qatra hai saaz-e-anal-bahar
ham us ke hain hamaaraa puchhnaa kyaa