sar-e-aflaak hogi ruuh miTTi mein badan hogaa — Moid Rahbar Lakhnavi

dil hi TuuTaa ho kuchh ajab to nahin
ashk aankhon mein be-sabab to nahin

zer-e-asar nahin hai kisi rahnumaa ke ham
maalik isi liye hain khud apni razaa ke ham

zindagi tu mujhe kis moD pe le aai hai
kyaa koi aur bhi guzraa hai idhar se pahle

raho ghar mein ziyaada to safar aavaaz detaa hai
safar mein jab nikal jaao to ghar aavaaz detaa hai

jab saamne nazar ke ho ik husn-e-be-panaah
aise mein khud ko hosh mein rakhnaa kamaal hai

anjaam-e-hijr kyaa hai ye tum khud hi dekh lo
ham intizaar-e-yaar mein patthar ke ho gae

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai