jalaane ke liye hasti ko apni — Mukhtar Naseem

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

rah-e-hayaat mein shaayad hi vo maqaam aae
ki naghma-haa-e-junun par sukut taari ho

hujum-e-subh ki tanhaaiyon mein Duub gae
vo qaafile jo andheron ki anjuman se chale

haasil-e-gham yahi samajhte hain
maut ko zindagi samajhte hain