Poet Name: Aziz Tamannai

dahr meñ ik tire sivā kyā hai tū nahīñ hai to phir bhalā kyā hai sila-e-zauq mai-kashī ma.alūm zarf kyā

dil meñ vo dard uThā raat ki ham so na sake aise bikhre the ḳhayālāt ki ham so na sake

zindagī yuuñ to guzar jaatī hai ārām ke saath kashmakash sī hai magar gardish-e-ayyām ke saath rif.ateñ dekhtī rah jaatī

baḌhne de abhī kashmakash-e-tār-e-nafas aur ai gosh-bar-āvāz zarā der taras aur ham mā.il-e-parvāz rahe jitnī lagan se uThtī hī ga.ī

uThā ke mere zehn se shabāb koī le gayā andhere chīḳhte haiñ āftāb koī le gayā maiñ saare kāġhzāt le

ḳhalvat huī hai anjuman-ārā kabhī kabhī ḳhāmoshiyoñ ne ham ko pukārā kabhī kabhī le de ke ek sāya-e-dīvār-e-ārzū detā hai

paate haiñ kuchh kamī sī tasvīr-e-zindagī meñ kyā naqsh chhoḌ aa.e ham dasht-e-be-ḳhudī meñ zinjīr-e-āgahī se shamshīr-e-āgahī tak kyā kyā

usī ne saath diyā zindagī kī rāhoñ meñ vo ik charāġh jo jaltā rahā nigāhoñ meñ shamīm-e-gul se subuk-tar kiran

ab kaun sī matā-e-safar dil ke paas hai ik raushani-e-sub.h thī vo bhī udaas hai ik ek karke faash hue

yūñhī kaTe na rahguzar-e-muḳhtasar kahīñ paḌte haiñ paa.e shauq kahīñ aur nazar kahīñ mauhūm-o-muḳhtasar sahī pesh-e-nazar to hai dekhā kisī