har kitaab-e-sohbat-e-rangin ke maani dekh kar — Mirza Daood Beg

dekhnaa hai piyaa ki zulf-e-daraaz
yaa ilaahi mujhe de umr-e-daraaz

yak qadam raah-e-dost hai 'daaud'
lekin afsos paa-e-bakht hai lang

'vali' saani nahin daaud lekin
ghazal kahtaa hai har ik baa-talaazum

piv binaa dil miraa udaasi hai
gaah jogi hai gaah sanyaasi hai

sun nasihat miri ai zaahid-e-khushk
ashk ke aab bin vuzu mat kar

sar kaaT kyuun jalaate hain raushan dilaan ke taiin
aahan-dili pe khalq ki khandaan huun misl-e-shama

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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai