ai zulf-e-kham-ba-kham tujhe apnaa hi vaasta — Jafar Tahir

arsa-e-zulmat-e-hayaat kaTe
ham-nafas muskuraa ki raat kaTe

tujhe bhi dekh liyaa ham ne o khudaa-e-ajal
ki teraa zor chalaa bhi to ahl-e-gham pe chalaa

jab bhi dekhi hai kisi chehre pe ik taaza bahaar
dekh kar main tiri tasvir puraani royaa

ai vatan jab bhi sar-e-dasht koi phuul khilaa
dekh kar tere shahidon ki nishaani royaa

aapas ki guftugu mein bhi kaTne lagi zabaan
ab doston se tark-e-mulaaqaat chaahiye

ik umr bhaTakte hue guzri hai junun mein
ab kaun fareb-e-nigah-e-yaar mein aae

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe