qaazi kaa na Dar hai na gham-e-mohtasib-e-shahr — Hatim Ali Mehr

ai buton allaah se li hai ijaazat vasl ki
kal hazaaron dekh Daale istikhaare raat ko

hai ye purab ki zabaan-daani 'mehr'
kahte hain baat ko ham suntaa huun

kaabe mein ham ko dair kaa har dam khayaal thaa
allaah jaantaa hai buton kaa rahaa lihaaz

dar-ba-dar maaraa-phiraa main justuju-e-yaar mein
zaahid-e-kaaba huaa rahbaan-e-but-khaana huaa

ye hind hai ai 'mehr' yahaan puuj buton ko
kyuun barahman-e-dair-o-kalisaa nahin honaa

gul baang thi gulon ki hamaaraa taraana thaa
apnaa bhi is chaman mein kabhi aashiyaana thaa

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

mujhe khabar hai use aisaa dard hai 'zaahid'
jise davaa nahin rishvat sukun deti hai

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

divaar khasta-haal hai aur dar udaas hai
jab se koi gayaa hai miraa ghar udaas hai