mujhe hai e'tibaar-e-vaada lekin — Akhtar Shirani

uThte nahin hain ab to duaa ke liye bhi haath
kis darja naa-umid hain parvardigaar se

kaam aa sakin na apni vafaaein to kyaa karein
us bevafaa ko bhuul na jaaein to kyaa karein

kuchh is tarah se yaad aate rahe ho
ki ab bhuul jaane ko ji chaahtaa hai

bhulaa baiThe ho ham ko aaj lekin ye samajh lenaa
bahut pachhtaaoge jis vaqt ham kal yaad aaeinge

kisi maghrur ke aage hamaaraa sar nahin jhuktaa
faqiri mein bhi 'akhtar' ghairat-e-shaahaana rakhte hain

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