Ai Maut Tujh Pe Umr-E-Abad Ka Madar Hai

Fani Badayuni

ai maut tujh pe umr-e-abad ka madar hai

tu e’tibar-e-hasti-e-be-e’tibar hai

ahd-e-azal pe zindagiyon ka madar hai

aalam tamam gham-kada-e-e’tibar hai

zarrat-e-chashm-e-shauq hain amada-e-nigah

mahrumiyon ko ab bhi tira intizar hai

bedad ka gila to karun aur jo vo kahen

ye kahiye imtihan-e-vafa nagavar hai

ik ye vafa ki nang-e-gham-e-dost hai hunuz

ik vo sitam ki husn ka a.ina-dar hai

tamiz-e-husn-o-ishq na irfan-e-gham magar

ik tir-e-be-panah kaleje ke paar hai

muḳhtar huun ki mo’tarif-e-jabr-e-dost huun

majbur huun ki ye bhi koi iḳhtiyar hai

ab kis ko e’tibar ki tu bevafa nahin

ab kis ko intizar magar intizar hai

baaqi nahin kisi ko nashat-e-junun ka hosh

kis josh par shabab-e-gham-e-rozgar hai

adab-e-ashiqi ka taqaza hai aur baat

tu varna dil ki aaḌ men ḳhud be-qarar hai

hogi kisi ko fursat-e-nazzara-e-jamal

‘fani’ ḳharab-e-husn tamasha-e-yar hai