Ye na samjho matwalo

One of Ali Jawad Zaidi's Urdu ghazals, likely written soon after India won independence: 

Ye na samjho matwalo! Kaun ab sataayega?

Haar maan li dukh ne, sukh to aazmaayega

Bekasi ke mele mein jo bhi gaahak aayega

Jholoyaa.n to bhar lega, khud bhi lut ke jayega

Dhoop mein naha legi jab asaadh ki dharti

Zarre-zarre mein saawan phir se kunmunaayega

Har guzarte lamhe par muhar lag chuki lekin

Laakh bhool jayega, phir bhi yaad aayega

Humne kitne afsaane likh ke chaak chaak kar daale

Waqt apna afsaana, hum ko kya sunaayega!

Baar-baar mud-mud kar yoon na dekh, deewane

Kaun raah dekhega, kaun phir bulaayega

Aankh kyun ladaate ho, dopahar ke sooraj se

Shaam ke dhundhalke mein, khud ye milne aayega

Za'm khud-parasti  mein aaj ka naya insaa.n

Zindagi ki mayyat se butkada sajaayega 

Fard-fard tanha hai, kul samaaj tanha hai

Main jo chup rahoon Zaidi, kaun gungunaayega? 

      [From the collection, Nazeem-e-dasht-e-Arzoo]