sher kyaa hai aah hai yaa vaah hai — Sahir Dehlavi

ahd-e-misaaq kaa laazim hai adab ai vaaiz
hai ye paimaan-e-vafaa rishta-e-zunnaar na toD

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

mil-milaa ke donon ne dil ko kar diyaa barbaad
husn ne kiyaa be-khud ishq ne kiyaa aazaad

jo laa-mazhab ho us ko millat-o-mashrab se kyaa matlab
miraa mashrab hai rindi rind ko mazhab se kyaa matlab

aate hue is tan mein na jaate hue tan se
hai jaan-e-makin ko na lagaavaT na rukaavaT

qadam hai ain hudus aur hudus ain qadam
jo tu na jalve mein aataa to main kahaan hotaa

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

haan kuchh bhi to derina mohabbat kaa bharam rakh
dil se na aa duniyaa ko dikhaane ke liye aa

tujhe sang-dil ye pata hai kyaa ki dukhe dilon ki sadaa hai kyaa?
kabhi choT tu ne bhi khaai hai kabhi teraa dil bhi dukhaa hai kyaa?

us ne phir kar bhi na dekhaa main use dekhaa kiyaa
de diyaa dil raah chalte ko ye main ne kyaa kiyaa

surat to dikhaate hain gale se nahin milte
aankhon ki to sun lete hain dil ki nahin sunte