maail-e-sher-o-ghazal phir hai tabiat 'asghar' — Asghar Gondvi

sau baar tiraa daaman haathon mein mire aayaa
jab aankh khuli dekhaa apnaa hi garebaan thaa

kyaa mastiyaan chaman mein hain josh-e-bahaar se
har shaakh-e-gul hai haath mein saaghar liye hue

chalaa jaataa huun hanstaa kheltaa mauj-e-havaadis se
agar aasaaniyaan hon zindagi dushvaar ho jaae

zaahid ne miraa haasil-e-imaan nahin dekhaa
rukh par tiri zulfon ko pareshaan nahin dekhaa

yuun muskuraae jaan si kaliyon mein paD gai
yuun lab-kushaa hue ki gulistaan banaa diyaa

pahli nazar bhi aap ki uff kis balaa ki thi
ham aaj tak vo choT hain dil par liye hue

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe