dukhaataa hai miraa dil be alif re — Mirza Asman Jah Anjum

mohabbat is liye zaahir nahin ki
ki tum ko e'tibaar aae na aae

naqsh hoti jaati hain laakhon buton ki suratein
kyaa ye dil bhi khitta-e-hindostaan ho jaaegaa

teri marzi gar isi mein hai ki ho didaar-e-aam
ham ne aankhon par qadam saare zamaane ke liye

shab-e-furqat hai Thaharte nahin shoale dil mein
taara TuuTaa ki miri aankh se aansu TuuTaa

misaal-e-charkh rahaa aasmaan sar-gardaan
par aaj tak na khulaa ye ki justuju kyaa hai

bataa tu dil ke bachaane ki koi raah bhi hai
tiri nigaah ki naavak-fagan panaah bhi hai

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

zabaan pe shukr o shikaayat ke sau fasaane hain
magar jo dil pe guzarti hai kyaa kahaa jaae

chehre pe saare shahr ke gard-e-malaal hai
jo dil kaa haal hai vahi dilli kaa haal hai

ab dekh ke apni surat ko ik choT si dil par lagti hai
guzre hue lamhe kahte hain aaina bhi patthar hotaa hai

ye na jaanaa the ki us mahfil mein dil rah jaaegaa
ham ye samjhe the chale aaeinge dam bhar dekh kar