apne andaaz-e-takallum ko badal de varna — Nazim Barelvi

gae mausam kaa ik piilaa saa pattaa shaakh par rah kar
na jaane kyaa bataanaa chaahtaa hai in bahaaron ko

shaaeri to vaardaat-e-qalb ki rudaad hai
qaafiya-paimaai ko main shaaeri kaise kahun

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

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

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein