vusat-e-dil are maaaz allaah — Makhfi Lakhnavi

ishq ki allaah re fitna-kaariyaan
paak-daaman chaak-daaman ho gae

miraa aanaa jahaan mein munhasir thaa tiin baaton par
jafaa sahnaa vafaa karnaa aur us ke baad mar jaanaa

parda hai ik baqaa kaa raaz-e-fanaa na puchho
mar kar bhi saath ham se chhuTaa na zindagi kaa

yuun manzar-e-hasti pe tiri chhaa gaiin aankhein
ik kaif saa har chiiz pe barsaa gaiin aankhein

yuun be-hijaab hain ki hain jaise hijaab mein
us bazm mein kisi ko majaal-e-nazar kahaan

ishq ki fitrat ne yuun badlaa mazaaq-e-zindagi
jitne gham baDhne lage utni khushi hone lagi

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

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

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage

vo gulaabi baadalon mein ek niili jhiil si
hosh qaaem kaise rahte thaa hi kuchh aisaa libaas

mohabbat karne vaale dard mein tanhaa nahin hote
jo ruThoge kabhi mujh se to apnaa dil dukhaaoge

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke