ye kachche seb chabaane mein itne sahal nahin — Azhar Faragh

ye nahin dekhte kitni hai riyaazat kis ki
log aasaan samajh lete hain aasaani ko

bahut se saanp the is ghaar ke dahaane par
dil is liye bhi khazaana shumaar hone lagaa

badal ke dekh chuki hai reaayaa saahib-e-takht
jo sar qalam nahin kartaa zabaan khinchtaa hai

bhanvar se ye jo mujhe baadbaan khinchtaa hai
zarur koi havaaon ke kaan khinchtaa hai

dalil us ke dariche ki pesh ki main ne
kisi ko patli gali se nahin nikalne diyaa

aisi ghurbat ko khudaa ghaarat kare
phuul bhejvaane ki gunjaaish na ho

har taraf hain khaana-barbaadi ke manzar be-shumaar
kuchh Thikaana hai bhalaa is jazba-e-taamir kaa

saaqi mujhe sharaab ki tohmat nahin pasand
mujh ko tiri nigaah kaa ilzaam chaahiye

'alvi' khvaahish bhi thi baanjh
jazba bhi naa-mard milaa

apne hi fan ki aag mein jalte rahe 'shamim'
honTon pe sab ke hausla-afzaai rah gai

shaa'iri kyaa hai miri jaan tujhe maa'lum nahin
ek tohmat hai jo mujh par bhi lagaa di gai hai

vahaan se hai miri himmat ki ibtidaa vallaah
jo intihaa hai tire sabr aazmaane ki