Poet Name: Firaq Gorakhpuri

dete hain jam-e-shahadat mujhe maalum na tha hai ye ain-e-mohabbat mujhe maalum na tha matlab-e-chashm-e-muravvat mujhe maalum na tha tujh

daur-e-aghaz-e-jafa dil ka sahara nikla hausla kuchh na hamara na tumhara nikla tera naam aate hi sakte ka tha aalam

chhalak ke kam na ho aisi koi sharab nahin nigah-e-nargis-e-raana tira javab nahin zamin jaag rahi hai ki inqalab hai

be-thikane hai dil-e-gham-ghin thikane ki kaho sham-e-hijran dosto kuchh is ke aane ki kaho haan na puchh ik giraftar-e-qafas ki

bastiyan dhundh rahi hain unhen viranon men vahshaten badh gaiin had se tire divanon men nigah-e-naz na divanon na farzanon

bahut pahle se un qadmon ki aahat jaan lete hain tujhe ai zindagi ham duur se pahchan lete hain miri

bahsen chhidi hui hain hayat-o-mamat ki sau baat ban gai hai ‘firaq’ ek baat ki saz-nava-e-dard hijabat-e-dahr men kitni dukhi

ab daur-e-asman hai na daur-e-hayat hai ai dard-e-hijr tu hi bata kitni raat hai har kaenat se ye alag kaenat

apne gham ka mujhe kahan gham hai ai ki teri khushi muqaddam hai aag men jo pada vo aag hua

ab aksar chup chup se rahen hain yunhi kabhu lab kholen hain pahle ‘firaq’ ko dekha hota ab to bahut