vo jaadu adaaein adaaon mein jaadu — Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

zo'm-e-tuqaa hijaab-e-tazaahur nifaaq kaa
har jaa raqam hai is mein bhi izn o qum-e-darogh

ai jamaal-e-be-badal lekin adaa mein be-rukhi
ho gaiin sadiyaan ki chashm-e-tishna teri muntazir

zaat-e-khaaKi ki tahon mein khufta hain anvaa’-e-khaak
rang-haa-e-tah-ba-tah kaa pech-o-kham kuchh aur hai

luTaa ye kaarvaan kab kaa na jaane kaun thi manzil
magar ahbaab ab bhi zo'm-e-chughtaai mein jiite hain

ye kaisi jagah hai ki dil kho rahaa hai
bayaabaan hai sahraa hai gulshan hai kyaa hai

sitaaron ki gardish dilon kaa bichhaDnaa
ye kaise khudaa ki hai kaisi khudaai