jahaan rahti thi ''zoara-jaan'' kabhi — Majeed Lahori

chiin o arab hamaaraa hindostaan hamaaraa
rahne ko ghar nahin hai saaraa jahaan hamaaraa

murghiyaan kofte machhli bhune titar anDe
kis ke ghar jaaegaa sailaab-e-ghizaa mere baad

faatiha-khvaani mein ahbaab uDaaeinge polaav
aur kareinge miri bakhshish ki duaa mere baad

leaderi mein bhalaa huaa un kaa
bandagi mein miraa bhalaa na huaa

kal ye ik uunT se kahtaa thaa shuturbaan 'majid'
kaun hogaa tire ghamzon pe fidaa mere baad

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

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain