sitam hai sitam kaaba-e-dil kaa Dhaanaa — Jaleel Manikpuri

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae

vo haath un ke chumti hai main huun paaemaal
ye hain mire nasib vo qismat hinaa ki hai

pesh-khema hain qayaamat kaa yahi do fitne
baaDh par qad hai taraqqi pe hai jauban teraa

be-hijaabi jo sahi hai tiri shokh aankhon ki
rasm parde ki uThegi isi ghar se pahle

uD gae sab chaman ko rah gae ham
chaar tinkon kaa aashiyaan le kar

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

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

qarib dekh ke us ko ye baat kis se kahun
khayaal dil mein jo aayaa gunaah jaisaa thaa

ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam
ye gulshan-e-dil hai ki bayaabaan kahin kaa

ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang

dil ki taklif kam nahin karte
ab koi shikva ham nahin karte