sabr hijraan mein kare 'kaifi'-e-mahzun kab tak — Dattatriya Kaifi

rahne de zikr-e-kham-e-zulf-e-musalsal ko nadim
us ke to dhyaan se bhi hotaa hai dil ko uljhaao

jo chashm-e-dil-rubaa ke vasf mein ashaar likhtaa huun
to har har lafz par ahl-e-nazar ik saad karte hain

tum se ab kyaa kahein vo chiiz hai daagh-e-gham-e-ishq
ki chhupaae na chhupe aur dikhaae na bane

dam ghanimat hai saaliko meraa
jaras-e-daur ki sadaa huun main

ye chalan hain to tumhein hashr se deinge tashbih
log saffaak kaheinge baDi rusvaai hai

vafaa par daghaa sulh mein dushmani hai
bhalaai kaa hargiz zamaana nahin hai

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

jo munh se kahte hain kuchh aur karte hain kuchh aur
vahi zamaana mein kuchh ikhtiyaar rakhte hain

kam-ayaari ne khudaa-soz banaayaa aisaa
but to sab yaad rahe ek khudaa bhuul gae

hai ayaan ru-e-yaar aankhon mein
chhaai hai kyaa bahaar aankhon mein

ghazal kahne mein yuun to koi dushvaari nahin hoti
magar ik masala ye hai ki meyaari nahin hoti

un se bhi meri dosti un se bhi ranjishein
siine mein ek halqa-e-ahbaab aur hai