tum se bichhDe dil ko ujDe barson biit gae — Qaisarul Jafri

ghar lauT ke roeinge maan baap akele mein
miTTi ke khilaune bhi saste na the mele mein

zindagi bhar ke liye ruuTh ke jaane vaale
main abhi tak tiri tasvir liye baiThaa huun

havaa khafaa thi magar itni sang-dil bhi na thi
hamin ko shama jalaane kaa hausla na huaa

divaaron se mil kar ronaa achchhaa lagtaa hai
ham bhi paagal ho jaaeinge aisaa lagtaa hai

kitne dinon ke pyaase honge yaaro socho to
shabnam kaa qatra bhi jin ko dariyaa lagtaa hai

tumhaare shahr kaa mausam baDaa suhaanaa lage
main ek shaam churaa luun agar buraa na lage

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

muddatein ho gaiin bichhDe hue tum se lekin
aaj tak dil se mire yaad tumhaari na gai

kabaab-e-sikh hain ham karvaTein har-su badalte hain
jal uThtaa hai jo ye pahlu to vo pahlu badalte hain

haan vo nahin khudaa-parast jaao vo bevafaa sahi
jis ko ho diin o dil aziiz us ki gali mein jaae kyuun

jis ko milnaa nahin phir us se mohabbat kaisi
sochtaa jaaun magar dil mein basaae jaaun