na ranj-e-hijrat thaa aur na shauq-e-safar thaa dil mein — Jamal Ehsani

vo bhi milne nai poshaak badal kar aayaa
main jo kal pairahan-e-khaak badal kar aayaa

isi ik baat par hai ittifaaq-o-ikhtilaaf us se
use aaina aur mujh ko piyaala achchhaa lagtaa hai

maaein darvaazon par hain
baarish hone vaali hai

mere hone se na honaa hai miraa
aag jalne se dhuaan aabaad hai

bojh se jhukne lagi shaakh to jaa kar ham ne
aashiyaane ko kisi aur shajar par rakkhaa

kuchh aur vus'atein darkaar hain mohabbat ko
visaal-o-hijr pe daar-o-madaar mushkil hai

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

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

ye do-dili mein rahaa ghar na ghaaT kaa 'anjum'
buton ko kar na sakaa khush khudaa ko paa na sakaa

ik nazar ne kiyaa hai kaam tamaam
aarzu bhi to thi yahi dil ki