lagaavaT bahut hai tiri aankh mein — Akbar Allahabadi

khincho na kamaanon ko na talvaar nikaalo
jab top muqaabil ho to akhbaar nikaalo

log kahte hain badaltaa hai zamaana sab ko
mard vo hain jo zamaane ko badal dete hain

ham aisi kul kitaabein qaabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke baap ko khabti samajhte hain

shaikh apni rag ko kyaa karein reshe ko kyaa karein
mazhab ke jhagDe chhoDein to peshe ko kyaa karein

jis taraf uTh gai hain aahein hain
chashm-e-bad-dur kyaa nigaahein hain

hayaa se sar jhukaa lenaa adaa se muskuraa denaa
hasinon ko bhi kitnaa sahl hai bijli giraa denaa