vasl ho yaa firaaq ho 'akbar' — Akbar Allahabadi

is qadar thaa khaTmalon kaa chaarpaai mein hujum
vasl kaa dil se mire armaan rukhsat ho gayaa

yahi Thahri jo shart-e-vasl-e-lailaa
to istifaa miraa baa-hasrat-o-yaas

kaabe se jo but nikle bhi to kyaa kaaba hi gayaa jo dil se nikal
afsos ki but bhi ham se chhuTe qabze se khudaa kaa ghar bhi gayaa

izzat kaa hai na auj na neki ki mauj hai
hamla hai apni qaum pe lafzon ki fauj hai

maulvi saahib na chhoDeinge khudaa go bakhsh de
gher hi leinge police vaale sazaa ho yaa na ho

ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

biis baras se ik taare par man ki jot jagaataa huun
divaali ki raat ko tu bhi koi diyaa jalaayaa kar

rok do ye raushni ki tez dhaar
meri miTTi mein gundhi hai raat bhi

rang ho raushni ho yaa khushbu
sab mein partav usi hasin ke hain