zaraa parda haTaa do saamne se bijliyaan chamkein — Ali Zaheer Rizvi Lakhnavi

nafrat se mohabbat ko sahaare bhi mile hain
tufaan ke daaman mein kinaare bhi mile hain

hamaari zindagi kyaa hai mohabbat hi mohabbat hai
tumhaaraa bhi yahi dastur ban jaae to achchhaa ho

vo to thaa aadmi ki tarah 'zahir'
us kaa chehra farishton jaisaa thaa

raaz-e-gham-e-ulfat ko ye duniyaa na samajh le
aansu mire daaman mein tumhaare bhi mile hain

miraa khun-e-jigar pur-nur ban jaae to achchhaa ho
tumhaari maang kaa sindur ban jaane to achchhaa ho

kaan sunte to hain lekin na samajhne ke liye
koi samjhaa bhi to mafhum nayaa maange 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

'haqqi'-e-dil-girafta ke bas mein na jaane kab nahin
hijr mein shaad-kaam thaa vasl ke darmiyaan bujhaa

dil ki dhaDkan ko sunaa ghaur se kal raat 'adil'
jis ko main DhunDhtaa rahtaa huun basaa hai mujh mein

ehsaan-e-rab mohabbatein itni milin 'adil'
is umr-e-mukhtasar mein na lauTaa sakeinge ham

teri jaanib aa rahaa huun ruuh ki taskin ko main
hasratein dil ki main duniyaa mein nikaal aayaa bahut