karte hain arbaab-e-dil andaaza-e-josh-e-bahaar — Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud

hamaari naa-umidi kaa to hai ilzaam qismat par
tumhaaraa muddaaa hotaa to manzur-e-khudaa hotaa hotaa

haalat ke taghayyur par ho maatam-e-maazi kyuun
ik vo bhi zamaana thaa ik ye bhi zamaanaa hai

tavajjoh chaara-gar ki baais-e-taklif hai 'bekhud'
izaafa hai musibat mein davaaon kaa asar karnaa

in buton ne mujh ko be-khud kis qadar dhoke diye
sidhaa-saada jaan kar mard-e-musalmaan dekh kar

azal se sokhta-saamaan huun fikr-e-aashiyaan kyaa ho
na girti barq to ye soz-e-dil se jal gayaa hotaa

kisi se ishq karnaa aur is ko baa-khabar karnaa
hai apne matlab-e-dushvaar ko dushvaar-tar karnaa

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

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

hain dalilein tire khilaaf magar
sochtaa huun tiri himaayat mein

apne sabhi gile bajaa par hai yahi ki dilrubaa
meraa tiraa moaamla ishq ke bas kaa thaa nahin

inqalaab ek khvaab hai so hai
dil ki duniyaa kharaab hai so hai