ahl-e-dil ke vaaste paighaam ho kar rah gai — Ganesh Bihari Tarz

ye mahal ye maal o daulat sab yahin rah jaaeinge
haath aaegi faqat do gaz zamin marne ke baad

ai gardisho tumhein zaraa taakhir ho gai
ab meraa intizaar karo main nashe mein huun

'daagh' ke sher javaani mein bhale lagte hain
'mir' ki koi ghazal gaao ki kuchh chain paDe

ab main hudud-e-hosh-o-khirad se guzar gayaa
Thukraao chaahe pyaar karo main nashe mein huun

bazm-e-yaaraan hai ye saaqi mai nahin to gham na kar
kitne hain jo mai-kada bar-dosh hain yaaron ke biich

arz-e-dakan mein jaan to dilli mein dil bani
aur shahr-e-lucknow mein hinaa ban gai ghazal

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi