gar mire dil ko churaayaa nahin tu ne zaalim — Mah Laqa Chanda

tiir o talvaar se baDh kar hai tiri tirchhi nigah
saikDon aashiqon kaa khuun kiye baiThi hai

garche gul ki sej ho tis par bhi uD jaati hai niind
sar rakhun qadmon pe jab tere mujhe aati hai niind

ba-juz haq ke nahin hai ghair se hargiz tavaqqo kuchh
magar duniyaa ke logon mein mujhe hai pyaar se matlab

gul ke hone ki tavaqqoa pe jiye baiThi hai
har kali jaan ko muTThi mein liye baiThi hai

kabhi sayyaad kaa khaTkaa hai kabhi khauf-e-khizaan
bulbul ab jaan hatheli pe liye baiThi hai

sang-e-rah huun ek Thokar ke liye
tis pe vo daaman sambhaal aataa hai aaj

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

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

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

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

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