jab talak shisha rahaa main baar-haa toDaa gayaa — Shams Deobandi

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

ai 'mushafi' ustaad-e-fan-e-rekhta-goi
tujh saa koi aalam ko main chhaanaa nahin miltaa

kyaa kaam kiyaa tum ne thi ye bhi adaa koi
parde se nikal aanaa aur ji mein samaa jaanaa

dikhaae paanch aalam ik payaam-e-shauq ne mujh ko
ulajhnaa ruThnaa laDnaa bigaDnaa duur ho jaanaa

kyaa khaana-kharaabon kaa lage tere Thikaanaa
us shahr mein rahte hain jahaan ghar nahin hotaa