miri khaak bhi uDegi baa-adab tiri gali mein — Mubarak Azimabadi

dil lagaate hi to kah deti hain aankhein sab kuchh
aise kaamon ke bhi aaghaaz kahin chhupte hain

kuchh is andaaz se sayyaad ne aazaad kiyaa
jo chale chhuT ke qafas se vo giraftaar chale

tiri adaa ki qasam hai tiri adaa ke sivaa
pasand aur kisi ki hamein adaa na hui

tum ko samjhaae 'mubaarak' koi kyunkar afsos
tum to rone lage yaar aur bhi samjhaane se

jabin par khaak hai ye kis ke dar ki
balaaein le rahaa huun apne sar ki

rahne de apni bandagi zaahid
be-mohabbat khudaa nahin miltaa

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

fasurda-dil kabhi khalvat na anjuman mein rahe
bahaar ho ke rahe ham to jis chaman mein rahe

mire aashiyaane ke the chaar tinke
chaman luT gayaa aandhiyaan aate aate

chaman vaalon se mujh sahraa-nashin ki bud-o-baash achchhi
bahaar aa kar chali jaati hai viraani nahin jaati