Humko mita sake, yah zamaane mein dum nahin,
Humse zamaana khud hai, zamaane se hum nahin.
Ye ishq nahin aasaan itna to samajh leeje,
Ek aag ka dariya hai aur doob ke jaana hai.
Kuchh khatkta to hai pahalu mein mere rah-rah kar,
Ab khuda jaane teri yaad hai ya dil mera.
Ghum ho gaya hun, bazme-e-tamnna mein aake main,
Kis-kis pe jaan dijiye, kis-kis ko chaahiye.
Sab jisko aseeri kehate hain wah hai to aseeri hi leqin,
Wah kaun-si aazadi hai yahan, jo aap khud apna daam nahin.
Sakoon hai maut yahan zauk-e-justjoo ke liye,
Yah tishnagi wah nahin hai jo bujhaai jaati hai.
Yaarab huzoom-e-dard ko de aur vusatein,
Daaman to kya abhi meri aankhein bhi nam nahin.
Yahi husn-o-ishq ka raaz hai, oi raaz iske siwa nahin,
Jo khuda nahin to khudi nahin, jo khudi nahin to khuda nahin.
Yah misra kaash naqah-e-har dar-o-deewar ho jaaye,
Jise jeena ho marne ke liye taiyaar ho jaaye.
Yah Misra Kaash
Tere firaq ke gham ne bacha liya sabse,
Mere kareeb ab koi bala nahin aati.
Tere Firaq Ke Gham
Pehale sharaab zist thi, ab zist hai sharaab,
Koi pila raha hai, piye jaa raha hun main.
Phool wahi, chaman wahi, fark nazar-nazar ka hai,
Ahade-bahar mein kya tha, daure-khijaan mein kya nahin.
Meri hasti shauke-paiham meri fitrat izitraab,
Koi manzil ho magar gujara chala jaata hun main.
Tum mujhse chhutkar bhi rahe sabki nigaah mein,
Main tumse chhutkar kisi qaabil nahin raha.
the alps from west to east
Zindagi par daal di jisne haqiqtabi nigaah,
Zindagi uski nazar mein behaqiqat ho gai.
Zindagi likai musalsal imtihan-dar-imtihan,
Zindagi ko daastan hi daasta samjha tha main.
