prelude
terii baate.n hii sunaane aaye
dost bhii dil hii dukhaane aaye
phuul khilate hai.n to ham sochate hai.n
tere aane ke zamaane aaye
kyaa kahii.n phir ko_ii bastii uja.Dii
log kyuu.N jashn manaane aaye
so raho maut ke pahaluu me.n 'faraaz'
nii.nd kis waqt na jaane aaye

tamaam umr teraa i.ntazaar hamane kiyaa
is i.ntazaar me.n kis kisase pyaar hamane kiyaa

% shers not of this ghazal
ko_ii milataa hai to ab apanaa pataa puuchhataa huu.N
mai.n terii khoj me.n tujhase bhii pare jaa nikalaa
to.D kar dekh liyaa aa_iinaa-e-dil tuune
terii suurat ke siwaa aur bataa kyaa nikalaa

talaash-e-dost ko ik umr chaahiye ai dost
ke ek umr teraa i.ntazaar hamane kiyaa

 sher not of this ghazal
dabaa ke kabr me.n sab chal diye du_aa na salaam
zaraa sii der me.n kyaa ho gayaa zamaane ko
'qamar' zaraa bhii nahii.n tumako Kauf-e-ruswaaii
'qamar' zaraa bhii nahii.n tujhako Kauf-e-ruswaaii
ke chaa.Ndanii me.n chale ho unhe.n manaane ko

tere Kayaal me.n dil shaadamaa rahaa baraso.n
tere huzuur ise sogawaar hamane kiyaa

ye tishnagii hai ke unase qariib rah kar bhii
'hafiiz' yaad unhe.n baar baar hamane kiyaa