Ek Maut Ek Ehtijaj, Urdu Nazam By Riyaz Anwar

los angeles ke zartab shabistanon mein
so gai aaj wo aawaz ki jis ka jadu
bu-e-gul ban ke uDa kucha-ba-kucha har su
ban ke ek chiKH laraz jati hai ab kanon mein

shab-e-gesu shafaq-e-lab ruKH-e-taban ki sahar
kho gae aaj andheron ke sanam-KHanon mein
KHwahish-e-marg mein Dubi hui shadab-nazar
bujh gai dard ke haibat-zada aiwanon mein

zulf-e-zarrin ki mahak phul se honTon ki hansi
nashsha-e-husn mein bahki hui alhaD raftar
chashm-e-gul-gun ki kiran dast-e-hinai ki bahaar
Dhal gai raat shab-e-rafta ki rudad bani

ab bhi kuchh kahne ko betab hain wo honT jinhen
mil saka mahfil-e-hasti mein na izn-e-guftar
ab bhi sine mein taDapta hai wo qalb-e-mahzun
mil saki jis ko na be-laus mohabbat ki bahaar

bistar-e-marg pe sakit hai wo naqsh-e-mani
jis ki pur-nur jawani ko hawas-karon ne
mabad-e-fan ke KHudaon ne jahan-daron ne
ek miTti hui tahzib ke sardaron ne
qarya qarya sar-e-bazar kiya tha nilam
gardish-e-waqt ke daman pe rahega ilzam