bayaan main kis se karun jaa ke ab gila dil kaa — Dulhan Begum

itne kam-zarf nahin ham jo bahakte jaavein
misl-e-gul jaavein jidhar jaavein mahakte jaavein

din kaTaa fariyaad se aur raat zaari se kaTi
umr kaTne ko kaTi par kitni khvaari se kaTi

mat karo fikr imaarat ki koi zer-e-falak
khaana-e-dil jo giraa hai use taamir karo

bahaa hai phuuT ke aankhon se aabla dil kaa
tari ki raah se jaataa hai qaafila dil kaa

jaa phansaa dil zulf mein ab soiye
shaam ke murde ko kab tak Dhoiye

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai