aafiyat ki ummid kyaa ki abhi — 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

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

vatan ki sar-zamin se ishq-o-ulfat ham bhi rakhte hain
khaTakti jo rahe dil mein vo hasrat ham bhi rakhte hain

pyaar vo peD hai sau baar ukhaaDo dil se
phir bhi siine mein koi daab salaamat rah jaae

ishq mein qadr-e-khastagi ki ummid
ai 'jigar' hosh ki davaa kijiye