ab ke tajdid-e-vafa ka nahin imkan jaanaa

ab ke tajdid-e-vafa ka nahin imkan jaanaa
yad kya tujh ko dilayain tera paiman jaanaa
yon hi mausam ki ada dekh ke yad aya hai
kis qadar jald badal jate hain insan jaanaa
zindagi teri ataa thi so tere nam ki hai
ham ne jaise bhi basar ki tera ehsan jaanaa
dil ye kahata hai k shayad ho afsurda tu bhi
dil ki kya bat karain dil to hai nadan jaanaa
akhir akhir to ye alam hai ki ab hosh nahin
rag-e-mina sulag uthi ki rag-e-jan jaanaa
muddaton se ye alam na tavaqqo na ummid
dil pukare hi chala jata hai jana jaanaa
ham bhi kya sada the ham ne bhi samajh rakha tha
gam-e-dauran se juda hai gam-e-jaanaa jaanaa
ab ki kuch aisi saji mahafil-e-yaran jaanaa
sar-ba-zanu hai koi sar-ba-gireban jaanaa
har koi apani hi avaz se kanp uthata hai
har koi apane hi saye se hirasan jaanaa
jis ko dekho vahi zanjir-ba-pa lagata hai
shahar ka shahar hua dakhil-e-zindan jaanaa
ab tera zikr bhi shayad hi gazal main aye
aur se aur hua dard ka unvan jaanaa
ham k ruthi hui rut ko bhi manaa lete the
ham ne dekha hi na tha mausam-e-hijran jaanaa
hosh aya to sabhi khvab the reza-reza
jaise urate huye auraq-e-pareshan jaanaa