Poet Name: Abdussamad ’Tapish’

garche nezon pe sar hai maut to vaqt par hai kaun patthar uthae ye shajar be-samar hai ghonsla zindagi ka

dekh kar meri ana kis darja hairani men hai us ne samjha tha ki sab kuchh bab-e-imkani men hai mujh

khauf-o-vahshat bar-sar-e-bazar rakh jaata hai kaun yuun rag-e-ehsas par talvar rakh jaata hai kaun kyuun vo milne se gurezan is

patte patte se naghma-sara kaun hai ai hava tere andar chhupa kaun hai phuul shabnam shafaq chandni kahkashan parda-e-husn se

jafa ke zikr pe vo bad-havas kaisa hai zara si baat thi lekin udaas kaisa hai na jaane kaun fazaon

jism ke martaban men kya hai ruuh hai bas makan men kya hai ruuh kya hai khuda ko hai maalum

agar vo be-adab hai be-adab likh kabhi jo likh nahin paaya vo ab likh tamazat hirs ki had se badhi

taza-dam javani rakh khuun men kuchh tughyani rakh vaqt ke daman men koi apni ek kahani rakh dost banane ki

abhi tak hausla thahra hua hai nafas ka silsila thahra hua hai ragon par aaj bhi hai larza taari nigah

ek bhi chain ka bistar nahin hone deta mere ghar ko vo mira ghar nahin hone deta nit-naya ek shagufa