tu samajhtaa hai mujhe harf-e-mukarrar lekin — Midhat

ham ko usi dayaar ki miTTi hui aziiz
naqshe mein jis kaa naam-pata ab nahin rahaa

laai hai kahaan mujh ko tabiat ki do-rangi
duniyaa kaa talabgaar bhi duniyaa se khafaa bhi

jism us ki god mein ho ruuh tere ru-ba-ru
faahisha ke garm bistar par riyaa-kaari karun

aankhein hain magar khvaab se mahrum hain 'midhat'
tasvir kaa rishta nahin rangon se zaraa bhi

jaane vaale mujhe kuchh apni nishaani de jaa
ruuh pyaasi na rahe aankh mein paani de jaa

teri auqaat hi kyaa 'midhat-ul-akhtar' sun le
shahr ke shahr zaminon ke tale dab gae hain

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

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

main badalte hue haalaat mein Dhal jaataa huun
dekhne vaale adaakaar samajhte hain mujhe