ai dost tujhse dur rahe ya qarin rahe

ai dost tujh se dur rahe ya qarin rahe
qismat thi ye sukun se kabhi bhi nahin rahe
wo kyon rah-e-hayat mein andoh-gin rahe
jis ki nazar mein jalwa-e-husn-e-yaqin rahe


aksar tumhaari bazm se palte hain is tarah
mahsus ye hua ki jahan the wahin rahe
hangama-e-chaman se unhen kuchh gharaz nahin
diwane fasl-e-gul mein bhi sahra-nashin rahe


dhundli si ho gai hain fazaen hayat ki
hadd-e-tasawwuraat mein jab tum nahin rahe
me'yar hai wahi to kamal-e-niyaz ka
is aastan pe kyon na hamari jabin rahe


aaina-e-khulus mein dhabbe na mil sake
'ajiz tamam 'umr mere nukta-chin rahe
har ek nigah jis ki ho khud nukta-afrin
phir kyon khayal khair ka wo khosha-chin rahe


har talkhi-e-zamana thi kaif-afrin mujhe
kam-bin the jo fida-e-mai-o-angbin rahe
'ishrat' bata do raaz-e-mohabbat zamane ko
duniya mein kyon ye kashmakash-e-kufr-o-din rahe