chashm-e-sayyaad pe har lahza nazar rakhtaa hai — Habeeb Ahmad Siddiqui

hai naved-e-bahaar har lab par
kam-nasibon ko e'tibaar nahin

gulon se itni bhi vaabastagi nahin achchhi
rahe khayaal ki ahd-e-khizaan bhi aataa hai

ek kaaba ke sanam toDe to kyaa
nasl-o-millat ke sanam-khaane bahut

tag-o-taaz-e-paiham hai miraas-e-aadam
mire muntazir kuchh jahaan aur bhi hain

faiz-e-ayyaam-e-bahaar ahl-e-qafas kyaa jaanein
chand tinke the nasheman ke jo ham tak pahunche

raanaai-e-bahaar pe the sab farefta
afsos koi mahram-e-raaz-e-khizaan na thaa

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

use ab bhuul jaane kaa iraada kar liyaa hai
bharosa ghaaliban khud par ziyaada kar liyaa hai

jaate hue kamre ki kisi chiiz ko chhu de
main yaad karungaa ki tire haath lage the

lamhaat-e-vasl yaad jo aae shab-e-firaaq
yak-lakht surkh ho gae aariz be-ikhtiyaar

yaad-e-jaanaan utar ke aai hai
shab ke ziine se chaandni ki tarah