naqqaash-e-azal ne to sar-e-kaaghaz-e-baad aah — Waliullah Muhib

in do ke sivaa koi falak se na huaa paar
yaa tiir miri aah kaa yaa us ki nazar kaa

tum gaao apne raag ko us paas vaaizo
mushtaaq jo gadhaa ho tumhaare alaap kaa

kaabe mein vahi khud hai vahi dair mein hai aap
hindu kaho yaa us ko musalmaan vahi hai

khat kaa ye javaab aayaa ki qaasid gayaa ji se
sar ek taraf loTe hai aur ek taraf dhaD

barahman dair ko raahi huaa aur shaikh kaabe ko
nikal kar us doraahe se main ku-e-yaar mein aayaa

jab nashe mein ham ne kuchh miThe ki khvaahish us se ki
tursh ho bolaa ki kyuun be tu bhi is laaeq huaa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi