qaalib ko apne chhoD ke maqlub ho gae — Pandit Jawahar Nath Saqi

apne junun-kade se nikaltaa hi ab nahin
saaqi jo mai-farosh sar-e-rahguzaar thaa

falak pe chaand sitaare nikalte hain har shab
sitam yahi hai nikaltaa nahin hamaaraa chaand

ham ko bharam ne bahr-e-tavahhum banaa diyaa
dariyaa samajh ke kuud paDe ham saraab mein

vo maah jalva dikhaa kar hamein huaa ru-posh
ye aarzu hai ki nikle kahin dobaaraa chaand

nahin khultaa sabab tabassum kaa
aaj kyaa koi bosa deinge aap

jazba-e-ishq chaahiye suufi
jo hai afsurda ahl-e-haal nahin

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

aql thak kar lauT aai jaada-e-aalaam se
ab junun aaghaaz farmaaegaa is anjaam se

sochte aur jaagte saanson kaa ik dariyaa huun main
apne gum-gashta kinaaron ke liye bahtaa huun main

ye soch kar vujud faraamosh kar diyaa
khud se milaa to teri tamanna karungaa main

havaa gum-sum khaDi hai raaste mein
musaafir soch mein Duubaa huaa hai