koi rauzan hi zindaan mein nahin hai — Iqbal Azeem

ab ham bhi sochte hain ki baazaar garm hai
apnaa zamir bech ke duniyaa kharid lein

ai ahl-e-vafaa daad-e-jafaa kyuun nahin dete
soe hue zakhmon ko jagaa kyuun nahin dete

junun ko hosh kahaan ehtimaam-e-ghaarat kaa
fasaad jo bhi jahaan mein huaa khirad se huaa

manzil to khush-nasibon mein taqsim ho chuki
kuchh khush-khayaal log abhi tak safar mein hain

jab ghar ki aag bujhi to kuchh saamaan bachaa thaa jalne se
so vo bhi un ke haath lagaa jo aag bujhaane aae the

guftugu nazr-e-ehtiyaat hui
qabl is ke ki ibtidaa karte

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

bagulaa jin ke sar par chatr-e-shaahi hai zamin masnad
vahi aqlim-e-gham mein aah ki naubat bajaate hain

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil

us ke rukhsaar pe hai aur tire honT pe til
tilmilaane ki ijaazat nahin di jaaegi