na sikandar hai na daaraa hai na qaisar hai na jam — Mirza Raza Barq

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

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

angDaai donon haath uThaa kar jo us ne li
par lag gae paron ne pari ko uDaa diyaa

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