vo jo ik tolaa kai maasha thi yaari tum se — Nayan Sukh

aur sab 'maani' ne teri to banaai tasvir
par durust ho na saki chehre ki parvaaz hanuz

aaine se mujh dal ke tahayyur ko milaa dekh
ye donon baraabar hain koi besh na kam hai

idhar se sete jaao aur udhar se phahTtaa jaae
aise tarah ke kapDe ko phir siije bhi nahin

jitnaa ki hai ifraat tiri kam-nigahi kaa
utnaa hi idhar dekho to ye dida-e-nam hai

is maajraa ko jaa ke kahun kis ke ru-ba-ru
meri to dauD haigi tire aastaan tilak

ye saaraa qaziya to ham se hai is se tum ko kyaa
tum apne ek taraf ho raho huaa so havaa

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh