tod kar ahd e karam naa aashnaa ho jaaiye
— Hasrat Mohani
ToD kar ahd-e-karam naa-aashnaa ho jaa.iye
Banda-parvar jaa.iye achchhaa khafaa ho jaa.iye
Mere uzr-e-jurm par mutlaq na kiije iltifaat
Balki pahle se bhee baDh kar kaj-adaa ho jaa.iye
Khaatir-e-mahroom ko kar deejiye mahv-e-alam
Dar-pa-e-eezaa-e-jaan-e-mubtalaa ho jaa.iye
Raah men miliye kabhi mujh se to az-raah-e-sitam
HonT apna kaaT kar fauran judaa ho jaa.iye
Gar nigaah-e-shauq ko mahv-e-tamaashaa dekhiye
Qahr kee nazron se masroof-e-sazaa ho jaa.iye
Meree tahreer-e-nadaamat kaa na diije Kuch javaab
Dekh liije aur taghaaful-aashnaa ho jaa.iye
Mujh se tanhaa.ee men gar miliye to diije gaaliyaan
Aur bazm-e-ghair men jaan-e-hayaa ho jaa.iye
Haan yahee meree wafa-e-be-asar kee hai sazaa
Aap Kuch is se bhee baDh kar pur-jafaa ho jaa.iye
Jee men aataa hai ki us shokh-e-taghaaful-kesh se
Ab na miliye phir kabhi aur bevafaa ho jaa.iye
Kaavish-e-dard-e-jigar kee lazzaton ko bhuul kar
Maa.il-e-aaraam o mushtaaq-e-shifaa ho jaa.iye
Ek bhee armaan na rah jaa.e dil-e-maayoos men
Yaanee aakhir be-niyaaz-e-mudda.aa ho jaa.iye
Bhuul kar bhee us sitam-parvar kee phir aa.e na yaad
Is qadar begaana-e-ahd-e-wafa ho jaa.iye
Haa.e ree be-ikhtiyaaree ye to sab Kuch ho magar
Us saraapaa naaz se kyoonkar khafaa ho jaa.iye
Chaahtaa hai mujh ko too bhoole na bhooloon main tujhe
Tere is tarz-e-taghaaful ke fidaa ho jaa.iye
Kashmakash-haa-e-alam se ab ye 'hasrat' jee men hai
ChhuT ke in jhagDon se mehmaan-e-qazaa ho jaa.iye