ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki — Riyaz Khairabadi

muflison ki zindagi kaa zikr kyaa
muflisi ki maut bhi achchhi nahin

zaraa jo ham ne unhein aaj mehrbaan dekhaa
na ham se puchhiye kyaa rang-e-aasmaan dekhaa

aisi hi intizaar mein lazzat agar na ho
to do ghaDi firaaq mein apni basar na ho

kyaa mazaa deti hai bijli ki chamak mujh ko 'riyaaz'
mujh se lipTe hain mire naam se Darne vaale

gham mujhe dete ho auron ki khushi ke vaaste
kyuun bure bante ho tum naahaq kisi ke vaaste

vasl ki raat ke sivaa koi shaam
saath le kar sahar nahin aati

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

chapaatiyaan thiin bandhi peT par magar shab-bhar
ubhartaa Dubtaa main bhuuk ke bhanvar mein rahaa

raat bhar hanste hue taaron ne
un ke aariz bhi bhigoe honge

khairaat kaa mujhe koi laalach nahin 'zafar'
main is gali mein sirf sadaa karne aayaa huun