kho gayaa ku-e-dilrubaa mein 'nizaam' — Mardan Ali Khan Rana

rasm ulTi hai khub-ruyon ki
dost jis ke bano vo dushman hai

ki riyaa se na shaikh ne tauba
mar gayaa vo gunaahgaar afsos

tere aate hi dekh raahat-e-jaan
chain hai sabr hai qaraar hai aaj

jis ko dekho vo nuur kaa buqa
ye paristaan hai ki london hai

pyaar ki baatein kijiye saahab
lutf sohbat kaa guftugu se hai

diyaa vo jo na thaa vahm-o-gumaan mein
bhalaa main aur kyaa maangun khudaa se

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

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

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

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