'riyaaz' ehsaas-e-khuddaari pe kitni choT lagti hai — Riyaz Khairabadi

sayyaad teraa ghar mujhe jannat sahi magar
jannat se bhi sivaa mujhe raahat chaman mein thi

ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki
raatein hain un mein band hamaari shabaab ki

khudaa ke haath hai biknaa na biknaa mai kaa ai saaqi
baraabar masjid-e-jaame ke ham ne ab dukaan rakh di

aap aae to khayaal-e-dil-e-naashaad aayaa
aap ne yaad dilaayaa to mujhe yaad aayaa

baDe paak tinat baDe saaf baatin
'riyaaz' aap ko kuchh hamin jaante hain

ham jaante hain lutf-e-taqaazaa-e-mai-farosh
vo naqd mein kahaan jo mazaa hai udhaar mein

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham

ji DhunDtaa hai phir vahi fursat ki raat din
baiThe rahein tasavvur-e-jaanaan kiye hue

zindagi main bhi chalungaa tire pichhe pichhe
tu mire dost kaa naqsh-e-kaf-e-paa ho jaanaa

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa