karti hai mujhe qatl mire yaar ki talvaar — Imam Bakhsh Nasikh

ham zaifon ko kahaan aamad o shud ki taaqat
aankh ki band huaa kucha-e-jaanaan paidaa

ham mai-kashon ko Dar nahin marne kaa mohtasib
firdaus mein bhi sunte hain nahr-e-sharaab hai

taazgi hai sukhan-e-kuhna mein ye baad-e-vafaat
log aksar mire jiine kaa gumaan rakhte hain

shubh 'naasikh' nahin kuchh 'mir' ki ustaadi mein
aap be-bahra hai jo mo'taqid-e-'mir' nahin

kaam kyaa nikle kisi tadbir se
aadmi majbur hai taqdir se

takallum hi faqat hai us sanam kaa
khudaa ki tarah goyaa be-dahaan hai

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

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

barseingi aaj rahmatein aamad hai yaar ki
naayaab hain ye ghaDiyaan tire intizaar ki

raaz-e-nihaan zabaan-e-aghyaar tak na pahunchaa
kyaa ek bhi hamaaraa khat yaar tak na pahunchaa

jo ghair the vo isi baat par hamaare hue
ki ham se dost bahut be-khabar hamaare hue