gul khilaae na kahin fitna-e-dauraan kuchh aur — Akhtar Ansari Akbarabadi

kuchh andhere hain abhi raah mein haail 'akhtar'
apni manzil pe nazar aaegaa insaan ik roz

abhi bahaar ne sikhi kahaan hai dil-jui
hazaar daagh abhi qalb-e-laala-zaar mein hain

zulm sahte rahe shukr karte rahe aai lab tak na ye daastaan aaj tak
mujh ko hairat rahi anjuman mein tiri kyuun hain khaamosh ahl-e-zabaan aaj tak

dushmani ko buraa na kah ai dost
dekh kyaa dosti hai ghaur se dekh

ajiib bhul-bhulayyaan hai shaahraah-e-hayat
bhaTakne vaale yahaan justuju ki baat na kar

bachaa bachaa ke guzarnaa hai daaman-e-hasti
sharik-e-khaar bhi kuchh jashn-e-nau-bahaar mein hain

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

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun