unhein haal-e-dil kis tarah likh ke bhejein — Mirza Asman Jah Anjum

mohabbat is liye zaahir nahin ki
ki tum ko e'tibaar aae na aae

naqsh hoti jaati hain laakhon buton ki suratein
kyaa ye dil bhi khitta-e-hindostaan ho jaaegaa

teri marzi gar isi mein hai ki ho didaar-e-aam
ham ne aankhon par qadam saare zamaane ke liye

shab-e-furqat hai Thaharte nahin shoale dil mein
taara TuuTaa ki miri aankh se aansu TuuTaa

misaal-e-charkh rahaa aasmaan sar-gardaan
par aaj tak na khulaa ye ki justuju kyaa hai

bataa tu dil ke bachaane ki koi raah bhi hai
tiri nigaah ki naavak-fagan panaah bhi hai

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

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

aur phir dil ne us ko chhoD diyaa
jab ta'alluq bahaal thaa hi nahin

gham ke rishton ko kabhi toD na denaa 'vaali'
gham khayaal-e-dil-e-naa-shaad bahut kartaa hai

shab ko miri chashm-e-hasrat kaa sab dard-e-dil un se kah jaanaa
daanton mein dabaa kar honT apnaa kuchh soch ke us kaa rah jaanaa