baad muddat ke maah-ru aayaa — Taban Abdul Hai

dard-e-sar hai khumaar se mujh ko
jald le kar sharaab aa saaqi

ek bulbul bhi chaman mein na rahi ab ki fasal
zulm aisaa hi kiyaa tu ne ai sayyaad ki bas

jis kaa goraa rang ho vo raat ko khiltaa hai khuub
raushnaai shama ki phiki nazar aati hai subh

mohabbat tu mat kar dil us bevafaa se
dil us bevafaa se mohabbat tu mat kar

jab talak rahe jiitaa chaahiye hanse bole
aadmi ko chup rahnaa maut ki nishaani hai

kis kis tarah ki dil mein guzarti hain hasratein
hai vasl se ziyaada mazaa intizaar kaa

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

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

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

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

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

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