Ab ke tajdeed e vafaa kaa nahiiN imkaaN jana

Ab ke tajdeed-e-vafaa kaa nahiiN imkaaN jana
yaad kyaa tujh ko dilaayeN teraa paimaaN jana

yuuN hii mausam kii adaa dekh ke yaad aayaa hai
kis qadar jald badal jaate haiN insaaN jana

zindagii terii ataa thii so tere naam kii hai
ham ne jaise bhii basar kii teraa ehsaaN jana

dil ye kahta hai ki shaayad ho fasurdaa tuu bhii
dil kii kyaa baat kareN dil to hai naadaaN jana

avval-avval kii muhabbat ke nashe yaad to kar
bepiye bhii teraa cheharaa thaa gulistaaN jana

aaKhir aaKhir to ye aalam hai ki ab hosh nahiiN
rg-e-miinaa sulag uThii ki rag-e-jaaN jana

muddatoN se ye aalam na tavaqqo na ummiid
dil pukaare hii chalaa jaataa hai jana jana

ham bhii kyaa saadaa the ham ne bhii samajh rakhaa thaa
Gam-e-dauraaN se judaa hai Gam-e-jana jana

ab kii kuchh aisii saji mahafil-e-yaaraaN jana
sar-ba-zanu hai koii sr-ba-girebaaN jana

har koii apanii hii aawaaz se kaaNp uThtaa hai
har koii apnay hii saaye se hirasaN jana

jis ko dekho vahii zanjer-ba-pa lagataa hai
shahar kaa shahar huaa daaKhil-e-zindaaN jana

ab teraa zikr bhii shaayad hii Gazal meN aaye
aur se aur huaa dard kaa unvan jana

ham k ruthii huii rut ko bhii manaa lete the
ham ne dekhaa hii na thaa mausam-e-hijraaN jana

hosh aayaa to sabhii Khvaab the rezaa-rezaa
jaise uDate huye auraaq-e-pareshaaN jana