ham apni ruuh ko qaasid banaa ke bhejeinge — 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

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai