tanhaai-e-firaaq mein ummid baar-haa — Hafeez Jalandhari

ai miri jaan apne ji ke sivaa
kaun teraa hai kaun meraa hai

'hafiz' apni boli mohabbat ki boli
na urdu na hindi na hindostaani

iraade baandhtaa huun sochtaa huun toD detaa huun
kahin aisaa na ho jaae kahin aisaa na ho jaae

doston ko bhi mile dard ki daulat yaa rab
meraa apnaa hi bhalaa ho mujhe manzur nahin

vafaa jis se ki bevafaa ho gayaa
jise but banaayaa khudaa ho gayaa

dekhaa jo khaa ke tiir kamin-gaah ki taraf
apne hi doston se mulaaqaat ho gai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai
khvaahishein hain sadiyon ki umr to zaraa si hai

vo chaahtaa thaa ki dekhe mujhe bikharte hue
so us kaa jashn ba-sad-ehtimaam main ne kiyaa

ghamon ne gher liyaa hai mujhe to kyaa gham hai
main muskuraa ke jiyungaa tiri khushi ke liye