honTon par ik baar sajaa kar apne honT — Ateeq Allahabadi

'atiq' bujhtaa bhi kaise charaagh-e-dil meraa
lagi thi us ki hifaazat mein saari raat havaa

navaaztaa thaa hamesha vo gham ki daulat se
aur is khazaane se main maalaa maal ho hi gayaa

ghar hamaaraa phunk kar kal ik paDosi ai 'atiq'
do ghaDi to hans liyaa phir baad mein royaa bahut

main ne puchhaa ye bataa mujh se bichhaDne kaa tujhe
kuchh qalaq hotaa hai kyaa us ne kahaa thoDaa bahut

dev pari ke qisse sun kar
bhuke bachche so lete hain

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

yuun to qadam qadam pe hai divaar saamne
koi na ho to khud se ulajh jaanaa chaahiye

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa