pahle ham ko bahan kahaa ab fikr hamin se shaadi ki — Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

jab apnaa dukh sunaaun qamar ke pidar ko main
kahte hain dekh aag lagaa dungaa ghar ko main

vo sab aa ke izhaar-e-maatam kareinge
vo baiThak mein roeinge chaae piyeinge

buri buri nazrein chehre par Daal rahe hain uf tauba
ham apne donon gaalon ko jaa ke abhi dho aaeinge

bismillaah are-vaah main qurbaan main qurbaan
kyaa khuub lagi hai kamand allaah tiri shaan

kis ki aaankhon se giraa hai ye
ye samundar hai baDaa saa aansu

main tum pe huun 'jaan-nisaar-akhtar' qasam hai 'munshi-fidaa-ali' ki
bahut dinon se main tum pe 'saahir' se jaadu Tone karaa rahaa huun

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

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

ik shakhs teri bazm se khaamosh uTh gayaa
shaayad ye baat tere liye sochne ki thi

aarzu thi ek din tujh se milun
mil gayaa to sochtaa huun kyaa karun

tumhaari bazm se nikle to ham ne ye sochaa
zamin se chaand talak kitnaa faasla hogaa

apne ehsaas ki shiddat ko bujhaane ke liye
main nai tarz ke khush-fikr risaale maangon