raat gae aksar dil ke viraanon mein — Alam Khursheed

kabhi kabhi kitnaa nuqsaan uThaanaa paDtaa hai
airon ghairon kaa ehsaan uThaanaa paDtaa hai

kisi ke raste pe kaise nazrein jamaae rakkhun
abhi to karnaa mujhe hai khud intizaar meraa

tamaam rang adhure lage tire aage
so tujh ko lafz mein tasvir kartaa rahtaa huun

tahzib ki zanjir se uljhaa rahaa main bhi
tu bhi na baDhaa jism ke aadaab se aage

kisi ko DhunDte hain ham kisi ke paikar mein
kisi kaa chehra kisi se milaate rahte hain

ishq mein tahzib ke hain aur hi kuchh falsafe
tujh se ho kar ham khafaa khud se khafaa rahne lage

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

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

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein