baagh-e-hasti se bahut duur the ham — Jaleel Manikpuri

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae

vo haath un ke chumti hai main huun paaemaal
ye hain mire nasib vo qismat hinaa ki hai

pesh-khema hain qayaamat kaa yahi do fitne
baaDh par qad hai taraqqi pe hai jauban teraa

be-hijaabi jo sahi hai tiri shokh aankhon ki
rasm parde ki uThegi isi ghar se pahle

sitam hai sitam kaaba-e-dil kaa Dhaanaa
ye kyaa kar rahe ho ye kyaa ho rahaa hai

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

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

nishaan kyon DhunDhte ho ungliyon ke
qazaa aai thi dastaane pahan kar

ik shakl hamein phir bhaai hai ik surat dil mein samaai hai
ham aaj bahut sarshaar sahi par aglaa moD judaai hai

tum gae raunaq-e-bahaar gai
tum na jaao bahaar ke din hain