laae jab ghar se to behosh paDaa thaa 'aarif' — Zain

tumhaari rah kaa rahaa ham ko har taraf dhokaa
chale jidhar ko so be-ikhtiyaar ho ke chale

dam kaa aanaa to baDi baat hai lab par 'aarif'
zoaf ne harf-e-shikaayat kabhi aane na diyaa

tum apni zulf se puchho miri pareshaani
ki haal us ko hai maalum hu-ba-hu meraa

vo parda-nashini ki riaayat hai tumhaari
ham baat bhi khalvat se nikalne nahin dete

furqat mein kaar-e-vasl liyaa vaah vaah se
har aah-e-dil ke saath ik armaan nikal gayaa

saunp kar khaana-e-dil gham ko kidhar jaate ho
phir na paaoge agar us ne ye ghar chhoD diyaa

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh