dekh dil ko mire o kaafir-e-be-pir na toD — Bahadur Shah Zafar

ab ki jo raah-e-mohabbat mein uThaai taklif
sakht hoti hamein manzil kabhi aisi to na thi

kitnaa hai bad-nasib 'zafar' dafn ke liye
do gaz zamin bhi na mili ku-e-yaar mein

kyaa taab kyaa majaal hamaari ki bosa lein
lab ko tumhaare lab se milaa kar kahe baghair

khvaab meraa hai ain bedaari
main to us mein bhi dekhtaa kuchh huun

ye qissa vo nahin tum jis ko qissa-khvaan se suno
mire fasaana-e-gham ko miri zabaan se suno

bulbul ko baaghbaan se na sayyaad se gila
qismat mein qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahaar mein

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

jab bhi aql banaati hai pahlaa misraa
dil ko misra-e-saani honaa paDtaa hai

kisi ki yaad manaane mein iid guzregi
so shahr-e-dil mein bahut duur tak udaasi hai

dil par pahan liyaa hai vo gajre ke jaisaa shakhs
lekin gale kaa haar nahin kar rahaa huun main

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage