tu samajhtaa hai mujhe harf-e-mukarrar lekin — Midhat

ham ko usi dayaar ki miTTi hui aziiz
naqshe mein jis kaa naam-pata ab nahin rahaa

laai hai kahaan mujh ko tabiat ki do-rangi
duniyaa kaa talabgaar bhi duniyaa se khafaa bhi

jism us ki god mein ho ruuh tere ru-ba-ru
faahisha ke garm bistar par riyaa-kaari karun

aankhein hain magar khvaab se mahrum hain 'midhat'
tasvir kaa rishta nahin rangon se zaraa bhi

jaane vaale mujhe kuchh apni nishaani de jaa
ruuh pyaasi na rahe aankh mein paani de jaa

teri auqaat hi kyaa 'midhat-ul-akhtar' sun le
shahr ke shahr zaminon ke tale dab gae hain

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

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

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

dukhtar-e-darzi kaa siina dekh kar
dil mein ye aayaa ki mal mal dijiye