haal-e-gham kah ke gham baDhaa baiThe — Khumar Barabankavi

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

hairat hai tum ko dekh ke masjid mein ai 'khumaar'
kyaa baat ho gai jo khudaa yaad aa gayaa

mire raahbar mujh ko gumraah kar de
sunaa hai ki manzil qarib aa gai hai

yaad karne pe bhi dost aae na yaad
doston ke karam yaad aate rahe

jhunjhlaae hain lajaae hain phir muskuraae hain
kis ehtimaam se unhein ham yaad aae hain

duaa ye hai na hon gumraah ham-safar mere
'khumaar' main ne to apnaa safar tamaam kiyaa

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

mire aibon ko ginvaayaa to sab ne
kisi ne meri gham-khvaari nahin ki

us but ke nahaane se huaa saaf ye paani
moti bhi sadaf mein tah-e-dariyaa nazar aayaa

miir ke baa'd ghaalib o iqbaal
ik sadaa, ik sadi mein guzri hai

inhein aankhon ne bedardi se be-ghar kar diyaa hai
ye aansu qahqaha banne ki koshish kar rahe the