hai agar kuchh vafaa to kyaa kahne — Qalaq Merathi

naala kartaa huun log sunte hain
aap se meraa kuchh kalaam nahin

amn aur tere ahd mein zaalim
kis tarah khaak-e-rahguzar baiThe

har sang mein kaabe ke nihaan ishva-e-but hai
kyaa baani-e-islaam bhi ghaarat-gar-e-din thaa

ham us kuche mein uThne ke liye baiThe hain muddat se
magar kuchh kuchh sahaaraa hai abhi be-dast-o-paai kaa

be-takalluf maqaam-e-ulfat hai
daagh uTThe ki aabla baiThe

tu hai harjaai to apnaa bhi yahi taur sahi
tu nahin aur sahi aur nahin aur sahi

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

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

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

phir mujhe dida-e-tar yaad aayaa
dil jigar tishna-e-fariyaad aayaa

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein