ai be-khudi-e-dil mujhe ye bhi khabar nahin — Asad Ali Khan Qalaq

adaa se dekh lo jaataa rahe gila dil kaa
bas ik nigaah pe Thahraa hai faisla dil kaa

sindur us ki maang mein detaa hai yuun bahaar
jaise dhanak nikalti hai abr-e-siyaah mein

phir mujh se is tarah ki na kijegaa dil-lagi
khair is ghaDi to aap kaa main kar gayaa lihaaz

tilaai rang jaanaan kaa agar mazmun likhun khat mein
to haala gird harfon ke bane sone ke paani kaa

tire honThon se sharmaa kar pasine mein huaa ye tar
khizar ne khud araq ponchhaa jabin-e-aab-e-haivaan kaa

yuun ruuh thi adam mein miri bahr-e-tan udaas
ghurbat mein jis tarah ho gharib-ul-vatan udaas

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

yuun mohabbat kaa badal kuchh bhi nahin
sochtaa huun itnaa haq de duun tumhein

dil ki zamin par miri 'ishq hai dasht-e-daaimi
hijr-o-visaal sab ke sab mausamiyaati haadse

ham dil hi dil mein us pe uThaa lete kuchh savaal
lekin ghuyub mein bhi vo haazir-javaab hai

jigar kisi kaa jale dil jale dimaagh jale
vo kah gae hain ki aaeinge ham charaagh jale