na ab vo shiddat-e-aavaargi na vahshat-e-dil — Sahar Ansari

ajiib hote hain aadaab-e-rukhsat-e-mahfil
ki vo bhi uTh ke gayaa jis kaa ghar na thaa koi

tang aate bhi nahin kashmakash-e-dahr se log
kyaa tamaashaa hai ki marte bhi nahin zahr se log

mahfil-aaraai hamaari nahin ifraat kaa naam
koi ho yaa ki na ho aap to aae hue hain

ham ko jannat ki fazaa se bhi ziyaada hai aziiz
yahi be-rang si duniyaa yahi be-mehr se log

jise guzaar gae ham baDe hunar ke saath
vo zindagi thi hamaari hunar na thaa koi

ye marnaa jiinaa bhi shaayad majburi ki do lahrein hain
kuchh soch ke marnaa chaahaa thaa kuchh soch ke jiinaa chaahaa hai

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

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

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai