ab daur e aasmaan hai na daur e hayaat hai
— Firaq Gorakhpuri
Ab daur-e-aasmaan hai na daur-e-hayaat hai
Ai dard-e-hijr too hee bataa kitnee raat hai
Har kaa.enaat se ye alag kaa.enaat hai
Hairat-saraa-e-ishq men din hai na raat hai
Jiinaa jo aa gaya to ajal bhee hayaat hai
Aur yuun to umr-e-khizr bhee kya be-sabaat hai
Kyuun intihaa-e-hosh ko kahte hain be-khudee
Khursheed hee kee aakhiree manzil to raat hai
Hastee ko jis ne zalzala-saamaan banaa diyaa
Wo dil qaraar paa.e muqaddar kee baat hai
Ye mushagaafiyaan hain giraan tab-e-ishq par
Kis ko dimaagh-e-kaavish-e-zaat-o-sifaat hai
ToDaa hai laa-makaan kee hadon ko bhee ishq ne
Zindaan-e-aql teree to kya kaa.enaat hai
Gardoon sharaar-e-barq-e-dil-e-be-qaraar dekh
Jin se ye teree taaron bharee raat raat hai
Gum ho ke har jagah hain za-khud raftagaan-e-ishq
Un kee bhee ahl-e-kashf-o-karaamaat zaat hai
Hastee ba-juz fanaa-e-musalsal ke Kuch naheen
Phir kis liye ye fikr-e-qaraar-o-sabaat hai
Us jaan-e-dostee kaa khuloos-e-nihaan na poochh
Jis kaa sitam bhee ghairat-e-sad-iltifaat hai
Yuun to hazaar dard se rote hain bad-naseeb
Tum dil dukhaao vaqt-e-museebat to baat hai
Unvaan ghaflaton ke hain qurbat ho yaa visaal
Bas fursat-e-hayaat 'firaaq' ek raat hai