baat khote jo iltijaa karte — Asar Lakhnavi

palkein ghaneri gopiyon ki Toh liye hue
raadhaa ke jhaankne kaa jharoka ghazab ghazab

aaj kuchh mehrbaan hai sayyaad
kyaa nasheman bhi ho gayaa barbaad

karam par bhi hotaa hai dhokaa sitam kaa
yahaan tak alam-aashnaa ho gae ham

jo sazaa diije hai bajaa mujh ko
tujh se karni na thi vafaa mujh ko

sanaa teri nahin mumkin zabaan se
maaani duur phirte hain bayaan se

qaasid payaam un kaa na kuchh der abhi sunaa
rahne de mahv-e-lazzat-e-zauq-e-khabar mujhe

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

dasht o dar khair manaaein ki abhi vahshat mein
ishq ne pahlaa qadam naam-e-khudaa rakkhaa hai

so gayaa vaqt ki dahliz pe sar rakkhe hue
main kahaan tak safar-e-ishq mein tanhaa jaataa

muddat hui ik shakhs ne dil toD diyaa thaa
is vaaste apnon se mohabbat nahin karte

mujhe samajhne ki koshish na ki mohabbat ne
ye aur baat zaraa pechdaar main bhi thaa