kaar naama ai gam e dil kuch tiraa ye kam nahin
— Aabid Adeeb
Kaar-naama ai gham-e-dil kuch tiraa ye kam nahin
Bah ga.e aankhon se Dariya aur aankhen nam nahin
Saaf tha har lafz us kee be-badal taqreer kaa
Phir lahoo ne naqsh jo chhoDe hain wo mub.ham nahin
Har zamaane men nahin pahchaannaa mushkil unhen
Sar qalam hote rahenge un ke lekin gham nahin
Karbalaa hee ne kiye hain murtasim dil par nuqoosh
Varna is dunya men gham kee vaardaaten kam nahin
Dil hee dil wo bheegee lakDee kee tarah sulgaa kiyaa
Us ke chehre se to lagtaa tha ki koi gham nahin
Kaifiyat kaisee ajab is shahr kee yaadon kee hai
Garm hai aatish nahin aur sard hai shabnam nahin
Ik alag tahzeeb hai tanhaa.iyon ke shahr kee
Ek hee aalam hamesha aur koi mausam nahin
Phir rahe hain log phir haathon men sang-reze liye
Aur apne sar men sauda is ghaDee kuch kam nahin
Ham se 'aabid' apne rahbar ko shikaayat ye rahi
Aankh moonde un ke peechhe chalne vaale ham nahin