jab hum hudud-e-dair-o-haram se guzar gae 
har samt un ka jalwa ayan tha jidhar gae 
is tarah wo nigah-e-karam aaj kar gae 
dil ko surur-e-baada-e-ulfat se bhar gae 
wo hum ko apne dil ke hi andar nihan mila 
jis ki talash karte hue dar-ba-dar gae 
kuchh ahl-e-zarf dekhte hain us ke nur ko 
mahrum didiyon ko bahut dida-war gae 
dil le gaya hamein phir usi bewafa ke pas 
jaana nahin tha hum ko jahan hum magar gae 
wo aa gae to jal uThe ummid ke charagh 
wo hans diye to bazm mein moti bikhar gae 
aankhon mein ashk-e-gham liye hum waqt-e-alwida 
nazron se un ke sath ta-hadd-e-nazar gae 
dekha hamein to garam-nigahi pighal gai 
mizhgan ke tir bhaun ki kaman se utar gae 
un ke mazid wadon pe kaise yaqin ho 
ab tak jo wada kar ke barabar makr gae 
ye aur aur baat phir gaya pani ummid par 
hum un ki bazm mein kisi ummid par gae 
phir us ko purshish-e-gham-e-ulfat se faeda 
ghuT ghuT ke jis ke sine mein arman mar gae 
ai 'mauj' meri kashti-e-ulfat wahin rahi 
tufan mere chaaron taraf se guzar gae
        Ghazal
Jab hum hudud-e-dair-o-haram se guzar gae
Mauj Fatehgarhi

