RaKHsh-e-umr, Urdu Nazam By Salman Ansari

baiTha tha ek roz main aangan ki dhup mein
aalam tamam halqa-e-dam-e-KHayal tha
sargoshiyon mein waqt sunata tha bar bar
qisse qadim qaisar-o-kisra ki shan ke
karta tha warq warq har ek dastan ke
main ne kaha ki ham-dam-o-ham-raaz-o-dida-war
ma-qissa-e-sikandar-o-dara na KHwanda-aim
kuchh zikr ho saba ka gulon ka shabab ka
saghar ka mai-kade ka surahi ka nab ka
kuchh baat ho bahaar ki baran ki dhup ki
KHushbu ki chandni ki fazaon ki rup ki
ho jae kuchh mushahida-e-haq ki guftugu
kuchh bhulne ki phir use pane ki justuju
kuchh puchh mujh se babat-e-afkar-e-dojahan
ahwal-o-iKHteyar-o-shikayat-e-dostan
jo ji mein aae puchh
magar itna yaad rakh
az ma ba-juz hikayat-e-mehr-o-wafa mapurs
bola ki tu rahin-e-sitam-ha-e-rozgar
kya jaanta hai babat-e-imkan-e-zindagi
jita hai zindagi se pasheman-e-zindagi
kuchh apne dil ka haal bhi malum hai tujhe
ye wahshaten ye dard ye tanhaiyon ka bojh
ye hijraten ye karb ye bezariyon ka rog
ye hasraten ye ranj ye afsurdagi ye sog
sina hai dagh dagh jigar laKHt laKHt hai
tu KHud kahan hai aur kahan tera baKHt hai
qulzum ko ek qatre ki KHatir baha diya
jo waqt ne diya tujhe sab kuchh ganwa diya
ek bar muD ke dekh ki kya tera kho gaya
jaga tera nasib to tu KHud hi so gaya
ab hijr na visal na sauda na sud hai
lamhe se bhi qalil ye tera wajud hai
baqi bacha hai aur kya tere hisab mein
“nai hath bag par hai na pa hai rikab mein