na ab vo shiddat-e-aavaargi na vahshat-e-dil — Sahar Ansari

ajiib hote hain aadaab-e-rukhsat-e-mahfil
ki vo bhi uTh ke gayaa jis kaa ghar na thaa koi

tang aate bhi nahin kashmakash-e-dahr se log
kyaa tamaashaa hai ki marte bhi nahin zahr se log

mahfil-aaraai hamaari nahin ifraat kaa naam
koi ho yaa ki na ho aap to aae hue hain

ham ko jannat ki fazaa se bhi ziyaada hai aziiz
yahi be-rang si duniyaa yahi be-mehr se log

jise guzaar gae ham baDe hunar ke saath
vo zindagi thi hamaari hunar na thaa koi

ye marnaa jiinaa bhi shaayad majburi ki do lahrein hain
kuchh soch ke marnaa chaahaa thaa kuchh soch ke jiinaa chaahaa hai

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

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

main hikaayat-e-dil-e-be-navaa mein ishaarat-e-gham-e-jaavidaan
main vo harf-e-aakhir-e-motabar jo likhaa gayaa na paDhaa gayaa

dil lagtaa hai baahar se jo bosida makaan saa
daakhil to kabhi ho ke ye qasr-e-adni dekh

gum-sum saa khaDaa hai koi darvaaza-e-dil par
is shaam kaa manzar to dil-aavez bahut hai

chheDaa hai ek naghma-e-shirin bhi ku-ba-ku
dil ne hilaal-e-id ki taaid ke liye