baat kahi aur kah kar khud hi kaaT bhi di — Allama Talib Jauhari

in gali kuchon mein bahnon kaa muhaafiz kaun hai
kasb-e-zar ki dauD mein basti se maan-jaae gae

pahunchi dilon ki aag hamaare khiyaam tak
lekin dhuaan to jaaegaa darbaar-e-shaam tak

ek kuein ki gahraai se misr ke takht-e-shaahi tak
dekhne vaali aankh ko kitne naadida baazaar mile

avval avval 'ilm faqat ik nuqta thaa
aakhir aakhir jehl banaa taavilon se

bichhDe the to saakit palkein sukhe peD ki shaakhein thiin
us se bichhaD kar duur chale to koson tak sailaab rahaa

kar rahe hain zindagi mein maa'naviyyat ki talaash
khvaab mein Duubaa huaa taalaab sahraa aur main