dam na niklaa yaar ki naa-mehrbaani dekh kar — Sheikh Bimar Ali Bakhsh

kaun pursaan hai haal-e-bismil kaa
khalq munh dekhti hai qaatil kaa

chashm-e-dilbar ne dil-e-zaar ki dildaari ki
aah bimaar ne bimaar ki gham-khvaari ki

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

chale the yaar baDe zoam mein havaa ki tarah
palaT ke dekhaa to baiThe hain naqsh-e-paa ki tarah

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

sakht kaafir thaa jin ne pahle 'mir'
mazhab-e-ishq ikhtiyaar kiyaa

yaa-rab zamaana mujh ko miTaataa hai kis liye
lauh-e-jahaan pe harf-e-mukarrar nahin huun main

zoaf mein taana-e-aghyaar kaa shikva kyaa hai
baat kuchh sar to nahin hai ki uThaa bhi na sakun