unhein bhi josh-e-ulfat ho to lutf uTThe mohabbat kaa — Akbar Allahabadi

leaderi chaaho to lafz-e-qaum hai mehmaan-navaaz
gap-navison ko aur ahl-e-mez ko raazi karo

dukhtar-e-raz ne uThaa rakkhi hai aafat sar par
khairiyat guzri ki angur ke beTaa na huaa

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

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

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai