kyaa karishma hai mire jazba-e-aazaadi kaa — Akhtar Ansari Akbarabadi

kuchh andhere hain abhi raah mein haail 'akhtar'
apni manzil pe nazar aaegaa insaan ik roz

abhi bahaar ne sikhi kahaan hai dil-jui
hazaar daagh abhi qalb-e-laala-zaar mein hain

zulm sahte rahe shukr karte rahe aai lab tak na ye daastaan aaj tak
mujh ko hairat rahi anjuman mein tiri kyuun hain khaamosh ahl-e-zabaan aaj tak

dushmani ko buraa na kah ai dost
dekh kyaa dosti hai ghaur se dekh

ajiib bhul-bhulayyaan hai shaahraah-e-hayat
bhaTakne vaale yahaan justuju ki baat na kar

bachaa bachaa ke guzarnaa hai daaman-e-hasti
sharik-e-khaar bhi kuchh jashn-e-nau-bahaar mein hain

shaaeri talab apni shaaeri ataa us ki
hausle se kam maangaa zarf se sivaa paayaa

ai jazba-e-dil gar main chaahun har chiiz muqaabil aa jaae
manzil ke liye do gaam chalun aur saamne manzil aa jaae

har ek baat ko chup-chaap kyuun sunaa jaae
kabhi to hausla kar ke nahin kahaa jaae

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

khudaa kare ki vahi baat us ke dil mein ho
jo baat kahne ki himmat juTaa rahaa huun main

aziiz gar thaa ta'alluq to kis liye toDaa
jab ikhtilaaf kiyaa to mufaahamat kaisi