aage mere na tikhi maar ai shaikh — Sardar Ganda Singh Mashriqi

maza dekhaa kisi ko ai pari-ru munh lagaane kaa
ab aaina bhi kahtaa hai ki main madd-e-muqaabil huun

phaaD kar khat us ne qaasid se kahaa
koi paighaam-e-zabaani aur hai

shaikh chal tu sharaab-khaane mein
main tujhe aadmi banaa dungaa

tum jaao raqibon kaa karo koi mudaavaa
ham aap bhugat leinge ki jo ham pe bani hai

jo munh se kahte hain kuchh aur karte hain kuchh aur
vahi zamaana mein kuchh ikhtiyaar rakhte hain

ai shaikh apnaa jubba-e-aqdas sambhaaliye
mast aa rahe hain chaak garebaan kiye hue

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

kahin kahin koi taara kahin kahin jugnu
jo meri raat thi vo aap kaa saveraa hai

an-kahi an-suni si kuchh baatein
suune din aur ye sunsaan raatein

raat us bazm mein tasvir ke maanind the ham
ham se puchhe to koi shama kaa jalnaa kyaa thaa