kaanTon pe misl-e-qais kahaan tak ravaan-davaan — Imdad Ali Bahr

qaazi ko jo rind kuchh chaTaa dein
masjid ki baghal mein mai-kada ho

khush raho yaar agar ham se ho bezaar bahut
dil agar apnaa salaamat hai to dildaar bahut

mire qatl par tum ne biiDaa uThaayaa
mire haath kaa paan khaayaa to hotaa

ham na kahte the hansi achchhi nahin
aa gai aakhir rukaavaT dekhiye

mire baghair na ik-dam use qaraar aataa
zaraa bhi zabt jo mujh be-qaraar mein hotaa

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

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

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

shahr ki galiyon mein gahri tirgi giryaan rahi
raat baadal is tarah aae ki main to Dar gayaa

dil ki divaar gir gai shaayad
apni aavaaz kaan mein aai

dil ujDi hui ek saraae ki tarah hai
ab log yahaan raat jagaane nahin aate

ye miri bazm nahin hai lekin
dil lagaa hai to lagaa rahne do