dekh kar shaair ne us ko nukta-e-hikmat kahaa — Shaad Aarfi

jab chali apnon ki gardan par chali
chuum luun munh aap ki talvaar kaa

jahaan-e-dard mein insaaniyat ke naate se
koi bayaan kare meri daastaan hogi

shaikh par haath uThaane ke nahin ham qaael
haath uThaane ki jo Thaani hai to baatil se uThaa

ab unhein tashrif laanaa chaahiye
raat mein likhti hai raani raat ki

kahin fitrat badal sakti hai naamon ke badalne se
janaab-e-shaikh ko main barhaman kah duun to kyaa hogaa

rang laaegi hamaari tang-dasti ek din
misl-e-ghaalib 'shaad' gar sab kuchh udhaar aataa gayaa

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

bagulaa jin ke sar par chatr-e-shaahi hai zamin masnad
vahi aqlim-e-gham mein aah ki naubat bajaate hain

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo

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

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe