jise mol lenaa ho le le khushi se — Nazeer Akbar Abadi

jaa paDe chup ho ke jab shahr-e-khamoshaan mein 'nazir'
ye ghazal ye rekhta ye sher-khvaani phir kahaan

ishq kaa duur kare dil se jo dhaDkaa taaviz
is dhaDaake kaa koi ham ne na dekhaa taaviz

jo khushaamad kare khalq us se sadaa raazi hai
sach to ye hai ki khushaamad se khudaa raazi hai

qismat mein gar hamaari ye mai hai to saaqiyaa
be-ikhtiyaar aap se shisha karegaa jast

miri is chashm-e-tar se abr-e-baaraan ko hai kyaa nisbat
ki vo dariyaa kaa paani aur ye khun-e-dil hai barsaati

aankhon mein meri subh-e-qayaamat gai jhamak
siine se us pari ke jo parda ulaT gayaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

nahin nahin main bahut khush rahaa huun tere baghair
yaqin kar ki ye haalat abhi abhi hui hai

chhin liin khushiyaan miri aankhon se meri niind bhi
zindagi tu ne mujhe ab tak diyaa kuchh bhi nahin

na puchh us ki dil-afsurdagi ki kaifiyyat
jo gham-nasib khushi mein bhi muskuraa na sakaa

sab ko qudrat thi khush-kalaami par
khaamushi mein zabaan-daraaz thaa main

gham ke mujrim khushi ke mujrim hain
log ab zindagi ke mujrim hain