kai divaan kah chukaa 'haatim' — Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

kai divaan kah chukaa 'haatim'
ab talak par zabaan nahin hai durust

Urdu

کئی دیوان کہہ چکا حاتمؔ
اب تلک پر زباں نہیں ہے درست

Hindi

कई दीवान कह चुका 'हातिम'
अब तलक पर ज़बाँ नहीं है दुरुस्त

dil ki lahron kaa tul-o-arz na puchh
kabhu dariyaa kabhu safinaa hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

phaDkun to sar phaTe hai na phaDkun to ji ghaTe
tang is qadar diyaa mujhe sayyaad ne qafas

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

kabhu bimaar sun kar vo ayaadat ko to aataa thaa
hamein apne bhale hone se vo aazaar behtar thaa

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

meraa maashuq hai mazon mein bharaa
kabhu miThaa kabhu salonaa hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

dekhun huun tujh ko duur se baiThaa hazaar kos
ainak na chaahiye na yahaan durbin mujhe

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

bul-havas go karein tere lab-e-shirin par hujum
talkh mat ho ki miThaai se magas aati hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim