aghyaar kaa shikva nahin is ahd-e-havas mein — Mahesh Chandra Naqsh

yuun guzarte hain hijr ke lamhe
jaise vo baat karte jaate hain

kis tarah karein tujh se gila tere sitam kaa
madhosh ishaaron ne bhi dil toD diyaa hai

tasvir-e-zindagi mein nayaa rang bhar gae
vo haadse jo dil pe hamaare guzar gae

is Dubte suraj se to ummid hi kyaa thi
hans hans ke sitaaron ne bhi dil toD diyaa hai

yuun ruuTh ke jaane pe main khaamosh huun lekin
ye baat mire dil ko gavaaraa to nahin hai

kaun samjhe ham pe kyaa guzri hai 'naqsh'
dil laraz uThtaa hai zikr-e-shaam se

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

jaam-e-ishq pi chuke zindagi bhi ji chuke
ab 'hilaal' ghar chalo ab to shaam ho gai

sirf zinda rahne ko zindagi nahin kahte
kuchh gham-e-mohabbat ho kuchh gham-e-jahaan yaaro

saaghar nahin ki jhuum ke uTThe uThaa liyaa
ye zindagi kaa bojh hai mil kar uThaaiye