gum to honaa thaa ba-har-haal kisi manzar mein — Akram Mahmud

chaDhe hue hain jo dariyaa utar bhi jaaeinge
mire baghair tire din guzar bhi jaaeinge

ab dil bhi dukhaao to aziyyat nahin hoti
hairat hai kisi baat pe hairat nahin hoti

sitaara aankh mein dil mein gulaab kyaa rakhnaa
ki Dhalti umr mein rang-e-shabaab kyaa rakhnaa

do chaar baras jitne bhi hain jabr hi sah lein
is umr mein ab ham se baghaavat nahin hoti

bas itnaa yaad hai ik bhuul si hui thi kahin
ab is se baDh ke dukhon kaa hisaab kyaa rakhnaa

paanv uThte hain kisi mauj ki jaanib lekin
rok letaa hai kinaara ki Thahar paani hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

dil ki haalat se khabar deti hai
'asar' aashufta-bayaani meri

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke

dil ko har lamha bachaate rahe jazbaat se ham
itne majbur rahe hain kabhi haalaat se ham

kaun samjhe ham pe kyaa guzri hai 'naqsh'
dil laraz uThtaa hai zikr-e-shaam se