rah-o-rasm-e-mohabbat in hasinon se main kyaa rakkhun — Akbar Allahabadi

khincho na kamaanon ko na talvaar nikaalo
jab top muqaabil ho to akhbaar nikaalo

log kahte hain badaltaa hai zamaana sab ko
mard vo hain jo zamaane ko badal dete hain

ham aisi kul kitaabein qaabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke baap ko khabti samajhte hain

shaikh apni rag ko kyaa karein reshe ko kyaa karein
mazhab ke jhagDe chhoDein to peshe ko kyaa karein

jis taraf uTh gai hain aahein hain
chashm-e-bad-dur kyaa nigaahein hain

hayaa se sar jhukaa lenaa adaa se muskuraa denaa
hasinon ko bhi kitnaa sahl hai bijli giraa denaa

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

jo tire ishq mein tabaah huaa
koi us ko tabaah kar na sakaa

aataa rahaa huun yaad main us ko tamaam umr
is zaaviye se ishq mein naakaam kab huaa

karo kaj jabin pe sar-e-kafan mire qaatilon ko gumaan na ho
ki ghurur-e-ishq kaa baankpan pas-e-marg ham ne bhulaa diyaa