balliyon kudtaa uchhaltaa dil — Shakir Dehlvi

siyaah aankhon ki rangat ki ik jhalak ke liye
tiri talaash mein surma-farosh rahte hain

shukr kiije ki maut hai varna
zindagi se hamein bachaataa kaun

hamaare ghar mein ye tahzib ab bhi zinda hai
buzurg bolein to bachche khamosh rahte hain

ho bhaTakne kaa jise shauq mire saath chale
jo ho manzil kaa talabgaar palaT jaae abhi

ham se mil kar dekhiye achchhaa lagegaa aap ko
aadmiyyat ke abhi tak an-chhue pahlu hain ham

tum se Takraae to huaa maa'lum
haadse khushnumaa bhi hote hain

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

ashk Dhalte nahin dekhe jaate
dil pighalte nahin dekhe jaate

ye do-dili mein rahaa ghar na ghaaT kaa 'anjum'
buton ko kar na sakaa khush khudaa ko paa na sakaa

ik nazar ne kiyaa hai kaam tamaam
aarzu bhi to thi yahi dil ki

puchh kar kaun dil dukhaataa hai
haadse kab bataa ke hote hain