muTThiyon mein khaak le kar dost aae vaqt-e-dafn — Saqib Lakhnavi

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage

aadhi se ziyaada shab-e-gham kaaT chukaa huun
ab bhi agar aa jaao to ye raat baDi hai

ai chaman vaalo chaman mein yuun guzaaraa chaahiye
baaghbaan bhi khush rahe raazi rahe sayyaad bhi

mushkil-e-ishq mein laazim hai tahammul 'saaqib'
baat bigDi hui banti nahin ghabraane se

bu-e-gul phulon mein rahti thi magar rah na saki
main to kaanTon mein rahaa aur pareshaan na huaa

balaa se ho paamaal saaraa zamaana
na aae tumhein paanv rakhnaa sambhal kar

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

yuun mohabbat ko umr-bhar paDhnaa
zindagi imtihaan ho jaise

lailaa chali thi haj ke liye jazb-e-ishq se
naaqa machal ke najd ki manzil mein rah gayaa

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin