jis ko ibrat dilaai jaati hai — Makhfi Lakhnavi

ishq ki allaah re fitna-kaariyaan
paak-daaman chaak-daaman ho gae

miraa aanaa jahaan mein munhasir thaa tiin baaton par
jafaa sahnaa vafaa karnaa aur us ke baad mar jaanaa

parda hai ik baqaa kaa raaz-e-fanaa na puchho
mar kar bhi saath ham se chhuTaa na zindagi kaa

yuun manzar-e-hasti pe tiri chhaa gaiin aankhein
ik kaif saa har chiiz pe barsaa gaiin aankhein

yuun be-hijaab hain ki hain jaise hijaab mein
us bazm mein kisi ko majaal-e-nazar kahaan

ishq ki fitrat ne yuun badlaa mazaaq-e-zindagi
jitne gham baDhne lage utni khushi hone lagi

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

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

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

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai