tegh-e-irfaan se ruuh bismil hai — Imdad Ali Bahr

kyaa hai mujhe dete ho gilauri
chune mein kahin na sankhiyaa ho

ek bosa miri tankhvaah mile na mile
aarzu hai ki na qadmon se ye naukar chhuTe

duniyaa mein 'bahr' kaun ibaadat-guzaar hai
saum-o-salaat daakhil-e-rasm-o-rivaaj hai

bhaTak ke koi gayaa dair ko koi kaabe
ajiib bhul-bhulayyaan hai marhala dil kaa

puchhe rindon se koi in muftiyon kaa jhuuT sach
do dalilon se ye kar lete hain daavaa jhuuT sach

nahin ji chaahtaa milne ko subuk-vazon se
kyaa karein ham jo mizaaj apnaa giraani maange

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

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

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

ruuh kis mast ki pyaasi gai mai-khaane se
mai uDi jaati hai saaqi tire paimaane se

tilaai rang jaanaan kaa agar mazmun likhun khat mein
to haala gird harfon ke bane sone ke paani kaa