dilli kahaan gaiin tire kuchon ki raunaqein — Jan Nisar Akhtar

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

ashaar mire yuun to zamaane ke liye hain
kuchh sher faqat un ko sunaane ke liye hain

zulfein siina naaf kamar
ek nadi mein kitne bhanvar

dil ko har lamha bachaate rahe jazbaat se ham
itne majbur rahe hain kabhi haalaat se ham

ishq mein kyaa nuqsaan nafa hai ham ko kyaa samjhaate ho
ham ne saari umr hi yaaro dil kaa kaarobaar kiyaa

itne maayus to haalaat nahin
log kis vaaste ghabraae hain

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

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

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

ye jism tang hai siine mein bhi lahu kam hai
dil ab vo phuul hai jis mein ki rang-o-bu kam hai

makin-e-dil ko khaanumaa-kharaabiyon se ishq thaa
qayaam DhunDhtaa rahaa tumhaari chhat ke baa'd bhi

qaalib ko apne chhoD ke maqlub ho gae
kyaa aur koi qalb hai is inqalaab mein