jo bhi buraa bhalaa hai allaah jaantaa hai — Akhtar Shirani

ab to miliye bas laDaai ho chuki
ab to chaliye pyaar ki baatein karein

zindagi kitni masarrat se guzarti yaa rab
aish ki tarah agar gham bhi gavaaraa hotaa

yaad aao mujhe lillaah na tum yaad karo
meri aur apni javaani ko na barbaad karo

muddatein ho gaiin bichhDe hue tum se lekin
aaj tak dil se mire yaad tumhaari na gai

un ras bhari aankhon mein hayaa khel rahi hai
do zahr ke pyaalon mein qazaa khel rahi hai

kis ko fursat thi zamaane ke sitam sahne ki
gar na us shokh ki aankhon kaa ishaaraa hotaa

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

apni khuddaari salaamat dil kaa aalam kuchh sahi
jis jagah se uTh chuke hain us jagah phir jaaein kyaa

nikle the donon bhes badal ke to kyaa ajab
main DhunDtaa khudaa ko phiraa aur khudaa mujhe

dulhan ki mehndi jaisi hai urdu zabaan ki shakl
khushbu bikhertaa hai ibaarat kaa harf harf

apne dil-e-betaab se main khud huun pareshaan
kyaa duun tumhein ilzaam main kuchh soch rahaa huun