Hopes

Dil se ek baar iqrar to kiya hota
Labon ne labon kaa dedar to kiya hota
Hum ho jatey diwane us zulfe pareshan ke
Bus ek baar hamari taraf rukhsar to kiya hota
Jahan mein aur bhi thein mastiyan tere bagair
Sirf tune wafa ka inkar to kiya hota
Chupa tha nasha nainon k us isharrey mein
tune us jam-e-mei ka talabgar to kiya hota
Chod aatey apni kashtiyon ko bhanvar mein phansa
Kabhi apni adaon ka gunehgar to kiya hota…
Jagey they raat bhar k tu aayege baad-e-saba bankar
Par tu kahan gayi e zindagi mera intezar to kiya hota

(Burhan Uddeen Shibli)