lutf-e-shab-e-mah ai dil us dam mujhe haasil ho — Mirza Mohammad Taqi Hawas

talaash is tarah bazm-e-aish mein hai be-nishaanon ki
koi kapDe mein jaise zakhm-e-sozan kaa nishaan DhunDhe

aashnaa koi nazar aataa nahin yaan ai 'havas'
kis ko main apnaa anis-e-kunj-e-tanhaai karun

sab ham-safir chhoD ke tanhaa chale gae
kunj-e-qafas mein mujh ko giraftaar dekh kar

dekhein kyaa ab ke asiri hamein dikhlaati hai
log kahte hain ki phir fasl-e-bahaar aati hai

dil mein ik iztiraab baaqi hai
ye nishaan-e-shabaab baaqi hai

sahraa mein 'havas' khaar-e-mughilaan ki madad se
baare miraa khuun har khas-o-khaashaak ko pahunchaa

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

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

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

'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