kaaba-o-dair ko apnaa to yahin se hai salaam — Maroof Dehlvi

dard-e-sar mein hai kise sandal lagaane kaa dimaagh
us kaa ghisnaa aur lagaanaa dard-e-sar ye bhi to hai

havaa ke ghoDe pe jab vo savaar hote hain
to paa ke vaqt main kyaa kyaa maze uDaataa huun

teri aankhon ke tasavvur mein hai sair-e-kaunain
varna ham log idhar ke idhar ho ke rahte

ghaflat mein javaani gai piiri mein huaa hosh
kyuun kar na khule aankh sahar hi to hai aakhir

saaqiyaa mai kahaan hai shishe mein
raushni aaftaab ki si hai

main ne aahein bharin to ruk ke kahaa
ghar mein dhuni si kyaa lagaa di hai

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

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