mein ab tak din ke hangaamon mein gum thaa — Saqi Amrohvi

kitne hi gham nikharne lagte hain
ek lamhe ki shaadmaani se

zindagi bhar mujhe is baat ki hasrat hi rahi
din guzaarun to koi raat suhaani aae

madrasa meraa meri zaat mein hai
khud moallim huun khud kitaab huun main

tu nahin to tiraa khayaal sahi
koi to ham-khayaal hai meraa

dar-ba-dar hone se pahle kabhi sochaa bhi na thaa
ghar mujhe raas na aayaa to kidhar jaaungaa

mujh ko kyaa kyaa na dukh mile 'saaqi'
mere apnon ki mehrbaani se

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

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

main kyaa jaanun qalaq kyaa chiiz hai par itnaa jaanun huun
mile hai dil ko pahlu mein mire shaam o sahar koi

jalte mausam mein koi faarigh nazar aataa nahin
Dubtaa jaataa hai har ik peD apni chhaanv mein

dil ki dahliz pe jab shaam kaa saaya utraa
ufuq-e-dard se siine mein ujaalaa utraa