nahin vo agli si raunaq dayaar-e-hasti ki — Arzoo Lakhnavi

nazar bachaa ke jo aansu kiye the main ne paak
khabar na thi yahi dhabbe baneinge daaman ke

khizaan kaa bhes banaa kar bahaar ne maaraa
mujhe do-rangi-e-lail-o-nahaar ne maaraa

aap apne se barhami kaisi
main nahin koi aur hai ye bhi

phir chaahe to na aanaa o aan baan vaale
jhuTaa hi vaada kar le sachchi zabaan vaale

hasraton kaa dil se qabza uTh gayaa
ghaasibon ki hukmraani khatm hai

jazb-e-nigaah-e-shoabada-gar dekhte rahe
duniyaa unhin ki thi vo jidhar dekhe rahe

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

vo habib ho ki rahbar vo raqib ho ki rahzan
jo dayaar-e-dil se guzre use ham-kalaam kar lo

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

mire rashk-e-be-nihaayat ko na puchh mere dil se
tujhe tujh se bhi chhupaataa agar ikhtiyaar hotaa

baagh-e-jahaan ke gul hain yaa khaar hain to ham hain
gar yaar hain to ham hain aghyaar hain to ham hain