ab sochte hain laaeinge tujh saa kahaan se ham — Majrooh Sultanpuri

'majruh' likh rahe hain vo ahl-e-vafaa kaa naam
ham bhi khaDe hue hain gunahgaar ki tarah

dast-e-pur-khun ko kaf-e-dast-e-nigaaraan samjhe
qatl-gah thi jise ham mahfil-e-yaaraan samjhe

main ki ek mehnat-kash main ki tirgi-dushman
subh-e-nau ibaarat hai mere muskuraane se

tishnagi hi tishnagi hai kis ko kahiye mai-kada
lab hi lab ham ne to dekhe kis ko paimaana kahein

paara-e-dil hai vatan ki sarzamin mushkil ye hai
shahr ko viraan yaa is dil ko viraana kahein

bahaane aur bhi hote jo zindagi ke liye
ham ek baar tiri aarzu bhi kho dete

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

miri baaton se ab aazurda na honaa saaqi
is ghaDi aql miri mujh se judaa phirti hai

'taabish' jo guzarti hi nahin shaam ki had se
sochein to vahin raat sahar-khez bahut hai

vo aql-mand kabhi josh mein nahin aataa
gale to lagtaa hai aaghosh mein nahin aataa

azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil