dilon mein karb baDhtaa jaa rahaa hai — Akhtar Shahjahanpuri

abhi tahzib kaa nauha na likhnaa
abhi kuchh log urdu bolte hain

ye moajiza hamaare hi tarz-e-bayaan kaa thaa
us ne vo sun liyaa thaa jo ham ne kahaa na thaa

apnon se jang hai to bhale haar jaaun main
lekin main apne saath sipaahi na laaungaa

koi manzar nahin barsaat ke mausam mein bhi
us ki zulfon se phisalti hui dhupon jaisaa

vo jugnu ho sitaara ho ki aansu
andhere mein sabhi mahtaab se hain

ranj-o-gham sahne ki aadat ho gai hai
zinda rahne ke saliqe de gayaa vo

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

kaun samjhe ham pe kyaa guzri hai 'naqsh'
dil laraz uThtaa hai zikr-e-shaam se

sar kaaT kyuun jalaate hain raushan dilaan ke taiin
aahan-dili pe khalq ki khandaan huun misl-e-shama

'azfari' ghuncha-e-dil band aur aai hai bahaar
sair-e-gul ko ki ye shaayad ba-takalluf khil le

jab mile do dil mukhil phir kaun hai
baiTh jaao khud hayaa uTh jaaegi