kaun ehsaan-e-naa-khudaai le — Shahab Lakhnavi

dayaar-e-ghair mein luTte to koi baat na thi
luTe vatan mein to sadma huaa na jaane kyuun

karo gunaah-e-mohabbat tamaam umr 'shahaab'
khudaa ki di hui neamat buton ke kaam aae

aur baDhte to khudaai kaa bhi daave karte
khair guzri ki ye but rah gae but-khaane mein

naala-e-bulbul se ghunchon ke kaleje phaT gae
gulsitaan vaale samajhte hain ki gul khandaan hue

mai-khaana-e-hasti mein muflis ki javaani kyaa
ik laghzish-e-mastaana do-chaar qadam jaise

saamne mohabbat ke hech hai siyaasat bhi
jab dimaagh thak jaae dil se kaam le ai dost

Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana

Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai

maanaa ki teri diid ke qaabil nahin huun main
tu meraa shauq dekh miraa intizaar dekh

yuun to qadam qadam pe hai divaar saamne
koi na ho to khud se ulajh jaanaa chaahiye

hamaaraa 'mir'-ji se muttafiq honaa hai naa-mumkin
uThaanaa hai jo patthar ishq kaa to halkaa bhaari kyaa

sar paa-e-khum pe chaahiye hangaam-e-be-khudi
ru su-e-qibla vaqt-e-munaajaat chaahiye