aage ko baDh sake hai na pichhe ko haT sake — Nayan Sukh

aur sab 'maani' ne teri to banaai tasvir
par durust ho na saki chehre ki parvaaz hanuz

aaine se mujh dal ke tahayyur ko milaa dekh
ye donon baraabar hain koi besh na kam hai

idhar se sete jaao aur udhar se phahTtaa jaae
aise tarah ke kapDe ko phir siije bhi nahin

jitnaa ki hai ifraat tiri kam-nigahi kaa
utnaa hi idhar dekho to ye dida-e-nam hai

is maajraa ko jaa ke kahun kis ke ru-ba-ru
meri to dauD haigi tire aastaan tilak

ye saaraa qaziya to ham se hai is se tum ko kyaa
tum apne ek taraf ho raho huaa so havaa

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

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

dil ki haalat se khabar deti hai
'asar' aashufta-bayaani meri

misl-e-majnun jo pareshaan hai bayaabaan mein aaj
kyuun dilaa kaun samaayaa hai tire dhyaan mein aaj

saaqi mire bhi dil ki taraf Tuk nigaah kar
lab-tishna teri bazm mein ye jaam rah gayaa

us ne phir kar bhi na dekhaa main use dekhaa kiyaa
de diyaa dil raah chalte ko ye main ne kyaa kiyaa