chehre pe saare shahr ke gard-e-malaal hai — Malikzaada Manzoor Ahmad

raushan chehra bhigi zulfein duun kis ko kis par tarjih
ek qasida dhuup kaa likkhun ek ghazal barsaat ke naam

kuchh gham-e-jaanaan kuchh gham-e-dauraan donon meri zaat ke naam
ek ghazal mansub hai us se ek ghazal haalaat ke naam

haal-e-pareshaan sun kar meraa aankh mein us ki aansu hain
main ne us se jhuuT kahaa ho aisaa bhi ho saktaa hai

na khauf-e-barq na khauf-e-sharar lage hai mujhe
khud apne baagh ke phulon se Dar lage hai mujhe

kaash daulat-e-gham hi apne paas bach rahti
vo bhi un ko de baiThe aisi maat khaai hai

dekhoge to har moD pe mil jaaeingi laashein
DhunDoge to is shahr mein qaatil na milegaa

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

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

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

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