khaak aab-e-girya se aatish bujhe naa-chaar ham — Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi

namaaz apni agarche kabhi qazaa na hui
adaa kisi ki jo dekhi to phir adaa na hui

gale se lagte hi jitne gile the bhuul gae
vagarna yaad thiin ham ko shikaayatein kyaa kyaa

dil-rubaa tujh saa jo dil lene mein ayyaari kare
phir koi dilli mein kyaa dil ki khabardaari kare

aag is dil-lagi ko lag jaae
dil-lagi aag phir lagaane lagi

ba-vaqt-e-bosa-e-lab kaash ye dil kaamraan hotaa
zabaan us bad-zabaan ki munh mein aur main zabaan hotaa

mai-kade mein ishq ke kuchh sarsari jaanaa nahin
kaasa-e-sar ko yahaan gardish hai paimaane ki tarah

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

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

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

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

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

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai