mere havaas-e-khamsa use dekh uD gae — Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

ai khizaan bhaag jaa chaman se shitaab
varna fauj-e-bahaar aave hai

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

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

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

meraa maashuq hai mazon mein bharaa
kabhu miThaa kabhu salonaa hai

sau baar taar taar kiyaa to bhi ab talak
saabit vahi hai dast o garebaan ki dosti

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

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

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aae
is ke baa'd aae jo azaab aae

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun