mujhi ko parda-e-hasti mein de rahaa hai fareb — Akhtar Ali Akhtar

chaTak mein ghunche ki vo saut-e-jaan-fazaa to nahin
suni hai pahle bhi aavaaz ye kahin main ne

tum ne har zarre mein barpaa kar diyaa tufaan-e-shauq
ik tabassum is qadar jalvon ki tughyaani ke saath

fareb-e-jalva kahaan tak ba-ru-e-kaar rahe
naqaab uThaao ki kuchh din zaraa bahaar rahe

guftugu-e-surat-o-maani hai unvaan-e-hayaat
khelte hain vo miri fitrat ki hairaani ke saath

us bevafaa kaa shahr hai aur vaqt-e-shaam hai
aaise mein aarzu baDi himmat kaa kaam hai

bevafaai kaa mujhe ilzaam detaa thaa vo shakhs
main ne bhi itnaa kiyaa bas us ko sachchaa kar diyaa

main kis tarah tujhe ilzaam-e-bevafaai duun
rah-e-vafaa mein tire naqsh-e-paa bhi milte hain

be-muravvat ho bevafaa ho tum
apne matlab ke aashnaa ho tum

kamar dhokaa dahan uqda ghazaal aankhein pari chehra
shikam hiiraa badan khushbu jabin dariyaa zabaan iisaa

fareb-e-saaqi-e-mahfil na puchhiye 'majruh'
sharaab ek hai badle hue hain paimaane