tire bhuul jaane ki aadat ke sadqe — Syeda Farhat

baat kyuun khoein iltijaa kar ke
tum se ummid-e-iltifaat nahin

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

khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai
khvaahishein hain sadiyon ki umr to zaraa si hai

ghamon ne gher liyaa hai mujhe to kyaa gham hai
main muskuraa ke jiyungaa tiri khushi ke liye

kaaghaz ki ye mahak ye nasha ruThne ko hai
ye aakhiri sadi hai kitaabon se 'ishq ki