aashnaa jab tak na thaa us ki nigaah-e-lutf se — 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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

raat guzre na dard-e-dil Thahre
kuchh to baDh jaae kuchh to ghaT jaae

ye dil-fareb charaaghaan ye qahqahon ke hujum
main Dar rahaa huun ab is shahar se guzarte hue

dil thaamtaa ki chashm pe kartaa tiri nigaah
saaghar ko dekhtaa ki main shisha sambhaaltaa

jab ye maanaa ki dil mein Dar hai bahut
tab kahin jaa ke dil se Dar niklaa