maanind-e-shamaa-majlis shab ashk-baar paayaa — Mir Taqi Mir

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

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

dikhaai diye yuun ki be-khud kiyaa
hamein aap se bhi judaa kar chale

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

mire saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein
tamaam umr main naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa

dil ki yak qatra khuun nahin hai besh
ek aalam ke sar balaa laayaa

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

jo ghair the vo isi baat par hamaare hue
ki ham se dost bahut be-khabar hamaare hue

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

is naghmagi kaa thoDaa gunah-gaar main bhi huun
mujh se bhi is jahaan mein halchal rahi hai dost

raaz-e-nihaan zabaan-e-aghyaar tak na pahunchaa
kyaa ek bhi hamaaraa khat yaar tak na pahunchaa