Kuchh Bad-Gumaniyan Hain Kuchh Bad-Zabaniyan Hain

kuchh bad-gumaniyan hain kuchh bad-zabaniyan hain

muddat se un ki ham par ye mehrbaniyan hain

aata hai jab kisi par rukta nahin hai hargiz

manind-e-mauj-e-dariya dil ki ravaniyan hain

paida kahan hain hote ab ‘zauq’ aur ‘ghalib’

haan ‘dagh’ aur ‘hali’ un ki nishaniyan hain

jo paas tha vo khoya nam-e-salaf duboya

kya khaak apni ai dil ab zindaganiyan hain

ai dil na chhed qissa ho dard jis se paida

ye sher-khvaniyan hai ya nauha-khvaniyan hain

kya ham ne ye nikali tarz-e-ghazal nirali

kuchh guf-fishaniyan hain kuchh khun-fishaniyan hain

bad-e-khizan ne gulshan viran kiya hai saara

bulbul ki ab kahan vo rangin-bayaniyan hain

jaur-o-jafa ke aise ham ho gae hain khugar

na-meharbaniyan bhi ab mehrbaniyan hain

ai ‘mashriqi’ jahan men dekha yahi tamasha

kuchh matam-o-alam hai kuchh shadmaniyan hain