sard aahon kaa tasarruf ho to soz-e-dil kahaan — Kaleem Ahmadabadi

jaane kyaa bhar di hain us ne is chaman mein shokhiyaan
jo bhi aayaa vo chaman kaa raaz-daan bantaa gayaa

tumhin bataao ki is dil kaa kyaa kiyaa jaae
jo choT khaa ke bhi choTon se aashnaa na huaa

sitaare toD liye ham ne zuhd-o-taqvaa ke
magar jo haqq-e-ibaadat thaa vo adaa na huaa

ham to baiThe hi rahe apni asiri ko liye
banne vaalaa kaam be-vahm-o-gumaan bantaa gayaa

khud kham-o-pech tujhe raah ke batlaa deinge
teri Thokar mein tiraa sud-o-ziyaan hai ki nahin

gham natija hai khushi ki intihaa kaa ai 'kalim'
dil ki ik ik mauj mauj-e-shaadmaani ho to kyaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

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

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

aaj bhi buri kyaa hai kal bhi ye buri kyaa thi
is kaa naam duniyaa hai ye badalti rahti hai