yaar ruThaa hai miraa us ko manaaun kis tarah — Taban Abdul Hai

havaa bhi ishq ki lagne na detaa main use hargiz
agar is dil pe hotaa haae kuchh bhi ikhtiyaar apnaa

buraa na maaniyo main puchhtaa huun ai zaalim
ki be-kason ke sataae se kuchh bhalaa bhi hai

aataa nahin vo yaar-e-sitamgar to kyaa huaa
koi gham to us kaa dil se hamaare judaa nahin

aaine ko tiri surat se na ho kyuun kar hairat
dar o divaar tujhe dekh ke hairaan hai aaj

imaan o diin se 'taabaan' kuchh kaam nahin hai ham ko
saaqi ho aur mai ho duniyaa ho aur ham hon

le meri khabar chashm mire yaar ki kyun-kar
bimaar ayaadat kare bimaar ki kyun-kar

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

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

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh