jaan detaa huun magar aati nahin — Muneer Shikohabadi

ham-rang ki hai duun nikal ashrafi ke saath
paataa hai aa ke rang-e-talaai yahaan basant

aankhon mein nahin silsila-e-ashk shab-o-roz
tasbih paDhaa karte hain din raat tumhaari

us but ke nahaane se huaa saaf ye paani
moti bhi sadaf mein tah-e-dariyaa nazar aayaa

chehra tamaam surkh hai mahram ke rang se
angiyaa kaa paan dekh ke munh laal ho gayaa

ho gayaa maamur aalam jab kiyaa darbaar-e-aam
takhliya chaahaa to duniyaa saaf khaali ho gai

kibr bhi hai shirk ai zaahid muvahhid ke huzur
le ke tesha khaaksaari kaa but-e-pindaar toD

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

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

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi