bahaar ban ke hasin darichon mein aane vaalaa — Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

rang badlaa huaa thaa phulon kaa
tum yaqinan udaas guzre the

bin dekhe bhi chain nahin hai 'mustahsan'
dekhun to saari binaai jaati hai

tiri lab-kushaai pe munhasir miri zindagaani hai dostaa
tiraa bolnaa bhi qubul hai tiri khaamushi bhi aziiz hai

lutf ki in pe koi khaas nazar hai ki nahin
apne maston ki koi khair-khabar hai ki nahin

sivaae is ke koi bhi masrufiyat nahin hai
main in dinon bas charaagh taqsim kar rahaa huun

ham talvaar uThaa nahin paae
ham aavaaz uThaa sakte the

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

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

gali ke moD se ghar tak andheraa kyuun hai 'nizaam'
charaagh yaad kaa us ne bujhaa diyaa hogaa

sulag rahaa hai chaman mein bahaar kaa mausam
kisi hasin ko aavaaz do khudaa ke liye