vaaiz ko jo dekho to ghaTaa-Top andheraa — Machis Lakhnavi

vaaiz ko jo dekho to ghaTaa-Top andheraa
saaqi ko jo dekho to kiran phuuT rahi hai

Urdu

واعظ کو جو دیکھو تو گھٹا ٹوپ اندھیرا
ساقی کو جو دیکھو تو کرن پھوٹ رہی ہے

Hindi

वाइ'ज़ को जो देखो तो घटा-टोप अँधेरा
साक़ी को जो देखो तो किरन फूट रही है

vaaiz ne mujh mein dekhi hai imaan ki kami
vaaiz mein sirf dum ki kasar dekhtaa huun main

— Machis Lakhnavi

DhunDiye khair se jaa kar koi moTi sasuraal
haath jo muft mein aae to vo maal achchhaa hai

— Machis Lakhnavi

hukm begam ke chalaa karte hain jelar ki tarah
ab miraa ghar bhi mujhe jail huaa jaataa hai

— Machis Lakhnavi

aur to kuchh bhi nahin hazrat-e-'maachis' lekin
aap mein aag lagaane kaa kamaal achchhaa hai

— Machis Lakhnavi

buton par main agar maail huun vo huron pe maail hain
janaab-e-shaikh mein bhi ye himaaqat paai jaati hai

— Machis Lakhnavi

nazm-e-jahaan ko zer-o-zabar dekhtaa huun main
maada ke ikhtiyaar mein nar dekhtaa huun main

— Machis Lakhnavi

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

— Bashir Badr

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr

koi saaghar pe saaghar pi rahaa hai koi tishna hai
murattab is tarah aain-e-mai-khaana nahin hotaa

— Haneef Akhgar

tumhaari yaad nikalti nahin mire dil se
nasha chhalaktaa nahin hai sharaab se baahar

— Faheem Shanas Kazmi

khudaa ke haath hai biknaa na biknaa mai kaa ai saaqi
baraabar masjid-e-jaame ke ham ne ab dukaan rakh di

— Riyaz Khairabadi