o sitamgar tiri talvaar kaa dhabbaa chhaT jaae — Aagha Akbarabadi

barq o simaab kaa 'aaghaa' na rahe naam-o-nishaan
dil ki betaabi se ik baar jo muztar main huun

haath donon miri gardan mein hamaail kiije
aur ghairon ko dikhaa diije anguThaa apnaa

tavaaf-e-kaaba ko kyaa jaaein haj nahin vaajib
kalaal-khaane ke kuchh din-daar ham bhi hain

sharaab piite hain to jaagte hain saari raat
mudaam aabid-e-shab-zinda-daar ham bhi hain

do-shaala shaal kashmiri amiron ko mubaarak ho
galim-e-kohna mein jaaDaa faqiron kaa basar hogaa

hamein to un ki mohabbat hai koi kuchh samjhe
hamaare saath mohabbat unhein nahin to nahin

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

aisaa nahin ki main koi gumnaam shakhs huun
sab jaante hain mujh ko main ik ‘aam shakhs huun

khud hi jaane lage the aur khud hi
raasta rok kar khaDe hue hain