koi milaa hi nahin jis se haal-e-dil kahte — Aleena Itrat

ham havaa se bachaa rahe the jinhein
un charaaghon se jal gae shaayad

gahre samundaron mein utarne ki le ke aas
baiThe hue hai ek kinaare hamaare khvaab

udaasi shaam tanhaai kasak yaadon ki bechaini
mujhe sab saunp kar suraj utar jaataa hai paani mein

shadid dhuup mein saare darakht suukh gae
bas ik duaa kaa shajar thaa jo be-samar na huaa

abhi to chaak pe jaari hai raqs miTTi kaa
abhi kumhaar ki niyyat badal bhi sakti hai

jin ke mazbut iraade bane pahchaan un ki
manzilein aap hi ho jaati hain aasaan un ki

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

ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam
ye gulshan-e-dil hai ki bayaabaan kahin kaa

ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang

dil ki taklif kam nahin karte
ab koi shikva ham nahin karte

ashk Dhalte nahin dekhe jaate
dil pighalte nahin dekhe jaate