Ahmad Faraz

su-e-falak na jaanib-e-mahtab dekhna

Ahmad Faraz

Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

1931-2008

sū-e-falak na jānib-e-mahtāb dekhnā

is shahr-e-dil-navāz ke ādāb dekhnā

tujh ko kahāñ chhupā.eñ ki dil par giraft ho

āñkhoñ ko kyā kareñ ki vahī ḳhvāb dekhnā

vo mauj-e-ḳhūñ uThī hai ki dīvār-o-dar kahāñ

ab ke fasīl-e-shahr ko ġharqāb dekhnā

in sūratoñ ko tarsegī chashm-e-jahāñ ki aaj

kamyāb haiñ to kal hameñ nāyāb dekhnā

phir ḳhūn-e-ḳhalq o gardan-e-mīnā bachā.iyo

par chal paḌā hai zikr-e-mai-e-nāb dekhnā

ābād kū-e-chāk-e-garebāñ jo phir huā

dast-e-raqīb o dāman-e-ahbāb dekhnā

ham le to aa.e haiñ tujhe ik be-dilī ke saath

is anjuman meñ ai dil-e-betāb dekhnā

had chāhiye 'farāz' vafā meñ bhī aur tumheñ

ġham dekhnā na dil tab-o-tāb dekhnā

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