baad-e-fanaa bhi hai maraz-e-ishq kaa asar — Mirza Raza Barq

ham to apnon se bhi begaana hue ulfat mein
tum jo ghairon se mile tum ko na ghairat aai

na sikandar hai na daaraa hai na qaisar hai na jam
be-mahal khaak mein hain qasr banaane vaale

agar hayaat hai dekheinge ek din didaar
ki maah-e-eid bhi aakhir hai in mahinon mein

daulat nahin kaam aati jo taqdir buri ho
qaarun ko bhi apnaa khazaanaa nahin miltaa

ai sanam vasl ki tadbiron se kyaa hotaa hai
vahi hotaa hai jo manzur-e-khudaa hotaa hai

hamaare aib ne be-aib kar diyaa ham ko
yahi hunar hai ki koi hunar nahin aataa

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

uThaa sakte nahin jab chuum kar hi chhoDnaa achchhaa
mohabbat kaa ye patthar is dafa bhaari ziyaada hai

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

sajda-e-ishq pe tanqid na kar ai vaaiz
dekh maathe pe abhi chaand numaayaan hogaa

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin