honTon par ik baar sajaa kar apne honT — Ateeq Allahabadi

'atiq' bujhtaa bhi kaise charaagh-e-dil meraa
lagi thi us ki hifaazat mein saari raat havaa

navaaztaa thaa hamesha vo gham ki daulat se
aur is khazaane se main maalaa maal ho hi gayaa

ghar hamaaraa phunk kar kal ik paDosi ai 'atiq'
do ghaDi to hans liyaa phir baad mein royaa bahut

main ne puchhaa ye bataa mujh se bichhaDne kaa tujhe
kuchh qalaq hotaa hai kyaa us ne kahaa thoDaa bahut

dev pari ke qisse sun kar
bhuke bachche so lete hain

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

ghurur bhi jo karun main to aajizi ho jaae
khudi mein lutf vo aae ki be-khudi ho jaae

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham

jab talak shisha rahaa main baar-haa toDaa gayaa
ban gayaa patthar to sab ne devtaa maanaa mujhe