tu jo ye jaan hatheli pe liye phirtaa hai — Ahmad Khayal

mahakte phuul sitaare damaktaa chaand dhanak
tire jamaal se kitnon ne istifaada kyaa

ye bhi ejaaz mujhe ishq ne bakhshaa thaa kabhi
us ki aavaaz se main diip jalaa saktaa thaa

havaa ke haath pe chhaale hain aaj tak maujud
mire charaagh ki lau mein kamaal aisaa thaa

ye bhi tiri shikast nahin hai to aur kyaa
jaisaa tu chaahtaa thaa main vaisaa nahin banaa

main thaa sadiyon ke safar mein 'ahmad'
aur sadiyon kaa safar thaa mujh mein

kisi darvesh ke hujre se abhi aayaa huun
so tire hukm ki taamil nahin karni mujhe

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa