chaaraagar ne bahr-e-taskin rakh diyaa hai dil pe haath — Ahmad Faraz

sunaa hai log use aankh bhar ke dekhte hain
so us ke shahr mein kuchh din Thahar ke dekhte hain

TuuTaa to huun magar abhi bikhraa nahin 'faraaz'
mere badan pe jaise shikaston kaa jaal ho

'faraaz' ishq ki duniyaa to khub-surat thi
ye kis ne fitna-e-hijr-o-visaal rakkhaa hai

judaaiyaan to muqaddar hain phir bhi jaan-e-safar
kuchh aur duur zaraa saath chal ke dekhte hain

zindagi teri ataa thi so tire naam ki hai
ham ne jaise bhi basar ki tiraa ehsaan jaanaan

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

muddaton baa'd agar saamne aae ham tum
dhundle dhundle se mileinge khad-o-khaal aise mein

chaukhaTaa dil kaa yahaan hai hu-ba-hu tujh saa koi
honT bhi aankhein bhi chhab Dhab bhi tujhi saa face bhi

baagh kaa dard usi phuul ke dil se puchho
muskuraataa huaa jo daur-e-khizaan se guzre

dil hai kis kaa jis mein armaan aap kaa rahtaa nahin
farq itnaa hai ki sab kahte hain main kahtaa nahin