pahle honaa thaa aaina dil ko — Kazim Rizvi

teri tarah zabaan ke kuchh tez ham bhi hain
par masala ye hai ki adab jaante hain ham

us ke siyaah nain ki jaa kar nazar utaar
maare hasad ke chuur huiin surma-daaniyaan

shaayad vo is binaa pe hamein bakhsh de ki ham
kaafir bane rahe pa munaafiq nahin hue

chalo maanaa ki khvaabon mein miloge
magar tum bin kise niind aa rahi hai

log meri ghazlon mein tum ko DhunD lete hain
she'r-o-shaa'iri kab hai daastaan tumhaari hai

mashhur ho chuki hai kisi ke labon ki baat
akhbaar-e-dil-baraan ki sabhi surkhiyaan paDho

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

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

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

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein