nazar kartaa nahin nashsha-labon par — Maya Khanna Raje Barelvi

ik ashk-e-nadaamat se dhul jaate sabhi isyaan
ik ashk-e-nadaamat tak pahunchaa hi nahin koi

mazaaq-e-khud-parasti ek kamzori hai insaan ki
bayaan kar ke haqiqat ye uThaayaa hai ziyaan ham ne

vo aur honge jin ko hai fikr-e-ziyaan-o-sud
duniyaa se be-niyaaz hai meri ghazal kaa rang

jo kah rahe the khuun se sincheinge gulsitaan
vo haamiyaan-e-fasl-e-bahaaraan kidhar gae

jo log aa rahe hain tumhaare qarib-tar
muD kar vo su-e-shaam-o-sahar dekhte nahin

har shai se ho ke kyon na rahe be-niyaaz vo
har shai jahaan mein jis ko tamaashaa dikhaai de

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

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

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