ham sarguzisht kyaa kahein apni ki misl-e-khaar — Bayan Ahsanullah Khan

sirat ke ham ghulaam hain surat hui to kyaa
surkh o safed miTTi ki murat hui to kyaa

arsh tak jaati thi ab lab tak bhi aa sakti nahin
rahm aa jaataa hai kyuun ab mujh ko apni aah par

koi samjhaaiyo yaaro miraa mahbub jaataa hai
miraa maqsud jaataa hai miraa matlub jaataa hai

dilbaron ke shahr mein begaanagi andher hai
aashnaai DhunDtaa phirtaa huun main le kar diyaa

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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi