main giraftaar-e-vafaa huun chhuT ke jaaungaa kahaan — Anwar Dehlvi

pheinkiye kyuun mai-e-naaqis saaqi
shaikh-saahib ki ziyaafat hi sahi

na main samjhaa na aap aae kahin se
pasina pochhiye apni jabin se

kuchh khabar hoti to main apni khabar kyuun rakhtaa
ye bhi ik be-khabari thi ki khabar-daar rahaa

sharm bhi ik tarah ki chori hai
vo badan ko churaae baiThe hain

miTTi kharaab hai tire kuche mein varna ham
ab tak to jis zamin pe rahe aasmaan rahe

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram