apne ajdaad ki dastaar ko dekhaa aur phir — Sahar Alig

sharm-o-hayaa ne baaz rakhaa is qadar hamein
saayaa bhi un kaa dekh ke ham sar-nigun karein

main duniyaa chaahti huun na duniyaa ki rif'atein
meri talab najaat hai bas aur kuchh nahin

Dhal gai vasl ki shab Duub gayaa dil kaa charaagh
ab vahin baiThe rahein aap jahaan the baiThe

ek moti huun main moti bhi baDaa qimti huun
par vo moti jo abhi gum hai samundar mein kahin

shaahzaade hon vali hon ki sukhan-daan-e-shahr
jab vo dikhtaa hai koi aur kahaan dikhtaa hai

ye jabr hai 'izzat hai mohabbat hai ki kyaa hai
banti hi nahin aap se inkaar ki surat

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

jab bhi aql banaati hai pahlaa misraa
dil ko misra-e-saani honaa paDtaa hai

aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye

mire rashk-e-be-nihaayat ko na puchh mere dil se
tujhe tujh se bhi chhupaataa agar ikhtiyaar hotaa

ranjishein aisi hazaar aapas mein hoti hain dilaa
vo agar tujh se khafaa hai tu hi jaa mil kyaa huaa