Main Kab Raheen-e-reg-e-bayabaan-e-yaas Tha

Main kab raheen-e-reg-e-bayabaan-e-yaas tha,
Sad-khema-e-bahaar mere aas paas tha..

Toda hai baar-ha mujhe dil ki shikast ne,
Chehra magar zara bhi na mera udaas tha..

Sahra-e-jaan ki dhoop mein thin wahshatein bahut,
Lekin na mera azm kahin bad-hawaas tha..

Ye aur baat hai ke barahna thi zindagi,
Maujood phir bhi mere badan par libaas tha..

Main ne har ek lamhe ko chaaha hai toot kar,
Tha zindagi-parast mohabbat-shanaas tha..

Mausam kuchh aaye aise bhi shahar-e-khyaal mein,
Mujh ko na jin ka ilm na koi qayaas tha..

Fikr-e-sukhan hi 'Ashk' hai zauq-e-amal mera,
Is ke siwa na kaar-e-jahaan koi raas tha.!!

"Ibrahim Ashk"
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Raheen-e-reg-e-bayabaan-e-yaas = Pledged to the sand of wilderness of sorrow,