yuun ilaaj-e-dil bimaar kiyaa jaaegaa — Afzal Allahabadi

main chaahtaa thaa ki us ko gulaab pesh karun
vo khud gulaab thaa us ko gulaab kyaa detaa

abhi to us kaa koi tazkira huaa bhi nahin
abhi se bazm mein khushbu kaa raqs jaari hai

teri nisbat mili mujhe jab se
main koi aarzu nahin kartaa

mein iztiraab ke aalam mein raqs kartaa rahaa
kabhi ghubaar ki surat kabhi dhuaan ban kar

ab to har ek adaakaar se Dar lagtaa hai
mujh ko dushman se nahin yaar se Dar lagtaa hai

ghamon ki dhuup mein milte hain saaebaan ban kar
zamin pe rahte hain kuchh log aasmaan ban kar

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

kunj-e-hairat se chale dasht-e-ziyaan tak laae
kaun laa saktaa hai ham dil ko jahaan tak laae

charchaa hamaaraa ishq ne kyuun jaa-ba-jaa kiyaa
dil us ko de diyaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa kiyaa

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke

dil ko har lamha bachaate rahe jazbaat se ham
itne majbur rahe hain kabhi haalaat se ham