zindagi ke saz par jalte hue naghmat hain 
raqs-farma shoala-e-dil ki tarah zarraat hain 
hain bagulon ki tarah tar-e-nafas bahke hue 
zindagani ki junun-parwar sabhi aayat hain 
naz-farma jin ki tabani pe thi aql-e-bashar 
aaj wo KHurshid-o-anjum kitne kam-auqat hain 
hum ki the dildari-e-mauj-e-hawadis par nisar 
shor-e-tufan se ayaadat dil-nashin jazbaat hain 
jin ko rakhti thi moattar teri yaadon ki shamim 
tegh ki jhankar mein gum wo hasin din-raat hain 
waqt ki mehrab mein ek sham-e-nau raushan karen 
raazdan-e-arzu hum waris-e-afat hain 
kaun DhunDe garmi-e-ruKHsar-e-KHuban ai 'sarosh' 
aatish-e-paikar se shoala-fagan jazbaat hain
        Ghazal
Zindagi ke saz par jalte hue naghmat hain
Mateen Sarosh

