vaah kyaa raah dikhaai hai hamein murshid ne — Akbar Allahabadi

leaderi chaaho to lafz-e-qaum hai mehmaan-navaaz
gap-navison ko aur ahl-e-mez ko raazi karo

dukhtar-e-raz ne uThaa rakkhi hai aafat sar par
khairiyat guzri ki angur ke beTaa na huaa

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

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

aur agar chaahe ki ho 'khvaah-makhvaah' shohrat teri
yusufi gar nahin mumkin to zulekhaai kar

faqir-e-shahr bhi rahaa huun 'shahryaar' bhi magar
jo itminaan faqr mein hai taaj-o-takht mein nahin

kabhi darvesh ke takiya mein bhi aa kar dekho
tang-dasti mein bhi aaraam mayassar niklaa

nigaah chaahiye bas ahl-e-dil faqiron ki
buraa bhi dekhun to mujh ko bhalaa nazar aae

ye baadshaah nahin hai faqir hai suraj
hamesha raat ki jholi se din nikaaltaa hai

ghar-baar chhoD kar vo faqiron se jaa mile
chaahat ne baadshaahon ko mahkum kar diyaa