bahut ummid thi manzil pe jaa kar chain paaeinge — Salam Sandelvi

sau baar aai honTon pe jhuTi hansi magar
ik baar bhi na dil se kabhi muskuraa sake

shabnam ne ro ke ji zaraa halkaa to kar liyaa
gham us kaa puchhiye jo na aansu bahaa sake

khushi ke phuul khile the tumhaare saath kabhi
phir is ke baa'd na aayaa bahaar kaa mausam

kaTegi kaise gul-e-nau ki zindagi yaa-rab
ki is gharib kaa khaanon mein ghar abhi se hai

rah-e-hayaat chamak uTThe kahkashaan ki tarah
agar charaagh-e-mohabbat koi jalaa ke chale

tira-o-taar fazaaon mein jiyaa huun ab tak
nikhat-o-nur ke ayyaam ki hasrat hi rahi

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

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

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

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

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