gul hi kabhi to muntakhab-e-rozgaar thaa — JaiKrishn Chaudhry Habeeb

bichhDe mujh se is tarah vo zindagi ke ham-safar
bujh gae hon jalte jalte jaise raste ke charaagh

'habib' khud hi banaaeinge roz-o-shab apne
huaa hi kyaa jo zamaane ne saath chhoD diyaa

har ik fasurda qalb pe chhaai shaguftagi
jab chhiD gai hai bazm mein us gul-badan ki baat

baDhti gaiin jafaaein jahaan raah-e-shauq mein
josh-e-junun baDhaataa gayaa tez-tar mujhe

paa ke ik teraa tabassum muskuraai kaaenaat
jhuum uTThaa vo bhi dil jiine se jo bezaar thaa

nikhat vahi surur vahi dil-kashi vahi
aamad ye aap ki hai ki jhonkaa bahaar kaa

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

dil par pahan liyaa hai vo gajre ke jaisaa shakhs
lekin gale kaa haar nahin kar rahaa huun main

ai chaman vaalo chaman mein yuun guzaaraa chaahiye
baaghbaan bhi khush rahe raazi rahe sayyaad bhi

vo gulaabi baadalon mein ek niili jhiil si
hosh qaaem kaise rahte thaa hi kuchh aisaa libaas