ab raah-e-vafaa ke patthar ko ham phuul nahin samjheinge kabhi — Manzar Saleem

suraj chaDhaa to pighli bahut choTiyon ki barf
aandhi chali to ukhDe bahut saaya-daar log

dahshat khuli fazaa ki qayaamat se kam na thi
girte hue makaanon mein aa baiThe yaar log

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

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

pahunchi dilon ki aag hamaare khiyaam tak
lekin dhuaan to jaaegaa darbaar-e-shaam tak

jhuki jhuki si nazar be-qaraar hai ki nahin
dabaa dabaa saa sahi dil mein pyaar hai ki nahin

ab jis taraf se chaahe guzar jaae kaarvaan
viraaniyaan to sab mire dil mein utar gaiin

jism ne apni 'umr guzaari sindh ke registaanon mein
dil kam-bakht baDaa ziddi thaa aakhir tak panjaab rahaa