Der Ho Gai

aalam-panah

KHair se bedar ho gae

aalam-panah!

KHair

kahan aap chal diye

raste tamam band hue

der ho gai

aur kaisi dopahar mein

ghani raat ho gai

fanus

jhaD

qumqume raushan nahin hue

aur taqchon mein baqi nahin koi bhi charagh

aur begamat hujre se bahar nikal paDin

aur shahzadiyon ke saron par nahin rida

ye rang-o-rup

ye qad-o-qamat

ye chashm o gosh

kya raste mein farsh bichhane ko koi hai

koi kaniz koi bhi KHadim nahin raha?

shirini-e-latafat-o-araish-e-hayat

aur kya hue wo naz-o-nazakat ke shahkar

diwar par hai aayat-ul-kursi ka chaukhaTa

juzdan o ja-namaz masahri ke pas hai

aanhken uTha ke dekhne wala koi nahin

pahnae aa ke aap ko pa-posh kaun ab

masnad-nashin jo aap hon ye waqt wo nahin

ye waqt hai ajib

ki mushkil baDi hai ye

shoara

musahibin

asa-da o KHasa-dar

mir-e-sipah

ghulam bhi baqi nahin rahe

jo jang hone wali thi aaghaz ho chuki

jo raat Dhalne wali thi

kab ki wo Dhal chuki

shahi-mahal ke par to duniya badal gai

aur asp-e-shah-gam to sab jaT le gae

aalam-panah

shahr to barbaad gaya