sabaq aa ke gor-e-gharibaan se le lo — Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

udaasi ab kisi kaa rang jamne hi nahin deti
kahaan tak phuul barsaae koi gor-e-gharibaan par

nazaa kaa vaqt hai baiThaa hai sirhaane koi
vaqt ab vo hai ki marnaa hamein manzur nahin

husn-e-aaraasta qudrat kaa atiyya hai magar
kyaa miraa ishq-e-jigar-soz khudaa-daad nahin

ab chaman mein bhi kisi surat se ji lagtaa nahin
haan magar jab tak qafas mein the qafas badnaam thaa

hamesha tinke hi chunte guzar gai apni
magar chaman mein kahin aashiyaan banaa na sake

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

zabaan khaamosh magar nazron mein ujaalaa dekhaa
us kaa izhaar-e-mohabbat bhi niraalaa dekhaa

aurat ho tum to tum pe munaasib hai chup raho
ye bol khaandaan ki izzat pe harf hai

sukut vo bhi musalsal sukut kyaa maani
kahin yahi tiraa andaaz-e-guftugu to nahin

main apne bachpane mein chhu na paayaa jin khilaunon ko
unhi ke vaaste ab meraa beTaa bhi machaltaa hai

main chup rahaa to aankh se aansu ubal paDe
jab bolne lagaa miri aavaaz phaT gai