sahl kyaa baar-e-amaanat kaa uThaanaa hai falak — Khursheed Akbar

saahil se sunaa karte hain lahron ki kahaani
ye Thahre hue log baghaavat nahin karte

quraan kaa mafhum unhein kaun bataae
aankhon se jo chehron ki tilaavat nahin karte

shaam ke tiir se zakhmi hai 'khurshid' kaa siina
nuur simaT kar surkh kabutar ban jaataa hai

dard kaa zaaiqa bataaun kyaa
ye ilaaqa zabaan se baahar hai

vo ek aaina chehre ki baat kartaa hai
vo ek aaina patthar se hai ziyaada kyaa

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

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

ye gum hue hain khayaal-e-visaal-e-jaanaan mein
ki ghar mein phirte hain ham apni justuju karte

jaanib-e-kaaba tu kyuun le gayaa but-khaane se
mujh se divaane ko ai ishq na bahkaanaa thaa

kahin dekhaa hai is haiat kaa maashuq
nazar kiijo muslimaanaan! khudaa-raa

tumhaari yaad mein ai jaan-e-jaanaan
december bhi guzartaa jaa rahaa hai