yaar thaa gulzaar thaa baad-e-sabaa thi main na thaa — 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

dekh dil ko mire o kaafir-e-be-pir na toD
ghar hai allaah kaa ye is ki to taamir na toD

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

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

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin