baDe baa-vafaa the mire yaar sab — Sada Ambalvi

vaqt har zakhm kaa marham to nahin ban saktaa
dard kuchh hote hain taa-umr rulaane vaale

bujh gai shama ki lau tere dupaTTe se to kyaa
apni muskaan se mahfil ko munavvar kar de

apni urdu to mohabbat ki zabaan thi pyaare
uff siyaasat ne use joD diyaa mazhab se

kyuun sadaa pahne vo teraa hi pasandida libaas
kuchh to mausam ke mutaabiq bhi sanvarnaa hai use

tum sitaaron ke bharose pe na baiThe rahnaa
apni tadbir se taqdir banaate jaao

kitnaa sochaa thaa dil lagaaeinge
sochte sochte hayaat hui

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

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

jaane kaa naam hi nahin letaa vo nek-bakht
''muddat hui hai yaar ko mehmaan kiye hue''

chaaragari ki baat kisi aur se karo
ab ho gae hain yaaro puraane mariz ham