Poet Name: Ahmad Faraz

guftugu achchhi lagi zauq-e-nazar achchha laga muddaton ke baad koi ham-safar achchha laga dil ka dukh jaana to dil ka

gila fuzul tha ahd-e-vafa ke hote hue so chup raha sitam-e-na-rava ke hote hue ye qurbaton men ajab fasle pade

ghanim se bhi adavat men had nahin mangi ki haar maan li lekin madad nahin mangi hazar shukr ki ham

ghairat-e-ishq salamat thi ana zinda thi vo bhi din the ki rah-o-rasm-e-vafa zinda thi qais ko dosh na do rakhiyo

faqih-e-shahr ki majlis se kuchh bhala na hua ki us se mil ke mizaj aur kafirana hua abhi abhi vo

dukh fasana nahin ki tujh se kahen dil bhi maana nahin ki tujh se kahen aaj tak apni bekali ka

dost ban kar bhi nahin saath nibhane vaala vahi andaz hai zalim ka zamane vaala ab use log samajhte hain

dil-girafta hi sahi bazm saja li jaae yad-e-janan se koi shaam na khali jaae rafta rafta yahi zindan men badal

dil munafiq tha shab-e-hijr men soya kaisa aur jab tujh se mila tuut ke roya kaisa zindagi men bhi ghazal

dil badan ka sharik-e-hal kahan hijr phir hijr hai visal kahan ishq hai naam intihaon ka is samundar men e’tidal