taDap taDap ke tamannaa mein karvaTein badlin — Imdad Imam Asar

gulshan mein kaun bulbul-e-naalaan ko de panaah
gulchin o baaghbaan bhi hain sayyaad ki taraf

kaisaa aanaa kaisaa jaanaa mere ghar kyaa aaoge
ghairon ke ghar jaane se tum fursat kis din paate ho

kartaa hai ai 'asar' dil-e-khun-gashta kaa gila
aashiq vo kyaa ki khasta-e-tegh-e-jafaa na ho

saath duniyaa kaa nahin taalib-e-duniyaa dete
apne kutton ko ye murdaar liye phirti hai

aaina dekh ke farmaate hain
kis ghazab ki hai javaani meri

dil ki haalat se khabar deti hai
'asar' aashufta-bayaani meri

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

phir aaj ek ghazal keh ke main mo'attar huun
phir aaj zakhm kiye apne sandali main ne

ik maasum parinda hai dil
un aankhon mein jaal hai saahab

aap ki baaton mein aa kar kho diyaa dil kaa sukun
zindagi mein dekhiye meri bachaa kuchh bhi nahin

ik raat dil-jalon ko ye aish-e-visaal de
phir chaahe aasmaan jahannam mein Daal de