ajab nahin hai ki dil par jami mili kaai — Parveen Shakir

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

suraj-dimaagh log bhi ablaagh-e-fikr mein
zulf-e-shab-e-firaaq ke pechaak ho gae

us ne jalti hui peshaani pe jab haath rakhaa
ruuh tak aa gai taasir masihaai ki

main us ki dastaras mein huun magar vo
mujhe meri razaa se maangtaa hai

kuchh faisla to ho ki kidhar jaanaa chaahiye
paani ko ab to sar se guzar jaanaa chaahiye

us ne mujhe dar-asl kabhi chaahaa hi nahin thaa
khud ko de kar ye bhi dhokaa, dekh liyaa hai

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

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

ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang

dil ki taklif kam nahin karte
ab koi shikva ham nahin karte

ashk Dhalte nahin dekhe jaate
dil pighalte nahin dekhe jaate

ye do-dili mein rahaa ghar na ghaaT kaa 'anjum'
buton ko kar na sakaa khush khudaa ko paa na sakaa