'zauq' jo madrase ke bigDe hue hain mullaa — Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq

ek aansu ne Duboyaa mujh ko un ki bazm mein
buund bhar paani se saari aabru paani hui

maalum jo hotaa hamein anjaam-e-mohabbat
lete na kabhi bhuul ke ham naam-e-mohabaat

behtar to hai yahi ki na duniyaa se dil lage
par kyaa karein jo kaam na be-dil-lagi chale

naaz hai gul ko nazaakat pe chaman mein ai 'zauq'
us ne dekhe hi nahin naaz-o-nazaakat vaale

bosa jo rukh kaa dete nahin lab kaa dijiye
ye hai masal ki phuul nahin pankhuDi sahi

in dinon garche dakan mein hai baDi qadr-e-sukhan
kaun jaae 'zauq' par dilli ki galiyaan chhoD kar

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

ruuh se lipTe dard ke manzar
TuuT rahe hain zakhm ke paikar

kahin salib kahin karbalaa nazar aae
jidhar nigaah uThe zakhm saa nazar aae

ai ahl-e-vafaa daad-e-jafaa kyuun nahin dete
soe hue zakhmon ko jagaa kyuun nahin dete

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa