baada-e-khum-e-khaana-e-tauhid kaa mai-nosh huun — Maharaja Sir Kishan Parashad Shad

zikr se rindon ke vaaiz tu abhi vaaqif nahin
ye to hu-haq ki sadaa hai shor-e-rindaana nahin

dil mein jab se dekhtaa hai vo tiri tasvir ko
nuur barsaataa hai apni chashm-e-tar se aaftaab

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

khaak-e-'shibli' se khamir apnaa bhi uTThaa hai 'fazaa'
naam urdu kaa huaa hai isi ghar se unchaa

ye mai-kada hai kalisaa o khaanqaah nahin
uruj-e-fikr o farogh-e-nazar ki manzil hai

kam nahin ai dil-e-betaab mataa-e-ummid
dast-e-mai-khvaar mein khaali hi sahi jaam to hai

ham Thahre raheinge kisi taabir ko thaame
aankhon mein koi khvaab ravaan yuun hi rahegaa