khudaa ne bakhshaa hai kyaa zarf mom-batti ko — Khurshid Talab

havaa to hai hi mukhaalif mujhe Daraataa hai kyaa
havaa se puchh ke koi diye jalaataa hai kyaa

koi charaag jalaataa nahin saliqe se
magar sabhi ko shikaayat havaa se hoti hai

roz divaar mein chun detaa huun main apni anaa
roz vo toD ke divaar nikal aati hai

hamein har vaqt ye ehsaas daaman-gir rahtaa hai
paDe hain Dher saare kaam aur mohlat zaraa si hai

miri mushkil miri mushkil nahin hai
vasila teri aasaani kaa main huun

havaa se kah do ki kuchh der ko Thahar jaae
khajil hamaari ibaarat havaa se hoti hai

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

nahin duniyaa mein aazaadi kisi ko
hai din mein shams aur shab ko qamar band

qalam sifat mein pas-az-maraatib badan sanaa mein tiri khapaayaa
badan zabaan mein zabaan sukhan mein sukhan sanaa mein tiri khapaayaa