nazm-e-jahaan ko zer-o-zabar dekhtaa huun main — Machis Lakhnavi

DhunDiye khair se jaa kar koi moTi sasuraal
haath jo muft mein aae to vo maal achchhaa hai

hukm begam ke chalaa karte hain jelar ki tarah
ab miraa ghar bhi mujhe jail huaa jaataa hai

aur to kuchh bhi nahin hazrat-e-'maachis' lekin
aap mein aag lagaane kaa kamaal achchhaa hai

buton par main agar maail huun vo huron pe maail hain
janaab-e-shaikh mein bhi ye himaaqat paai jaati hai

mire par us ko sau durre na kahiye phir to kyaa kahiye
tire aashiq ki mayyat doctor-khaane mein rakkhi hai

vaaiz ne mujh mein dekhi hai imaan ki kami
vaaiz mein sirf dum ki kasar dekhtaa huun main

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

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

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

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi