vusat-e-mashrab-e-rindaan kaa nahin hai mahram — Pandit Jawahar Nath Saqi

apne junun-kade se nikaltaa hi ab nahin
saaqi jo mai-farosh sar-e-rahguzaar thaa

falak pe chaand sitaare nikalte hain har shab
sitam yahi hai nikaltaa nahin hamaaraa chaand

ham ko bharam ne bahr-e-tavahhum banaa diyaa
dariyaa samajh ke kuud paDe ham saraab mein

vo maah jalva dikhaa kar hamein huaa ru-posh
ye aarzu hai ki nikle kahin dobaaraa chaand

qaalib ko apne chhoD ke maqlub ho gae
kyaa aur koi qalb hai is inqalaab mein

jazba-e-ishq chaahiye suufi
jo hai afsurda ahl-e-haal nahin

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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