baraabar khafaa hon baraabar manaaein — Sheri Bhopali

qayaamat hai ye kah kar us ne lauTaayaa hai qaasid ko
ki un kaa to har ik khat aakhiri paighaam hotaa hai

ye baazi mohabbat ki baazi hai naadaan
ise jitnaa hai to haare chalaa jaa

mohabbat maani o alfaaz mein laai nahin jaati
ye vo naazuk haqiqat hai jo samjhaai nahin jaati

abhi to dil mein halki si khalish mahsus hoti hai
bahut mumkin hai kal is kaa mohabbat naam ho jaae

sunne mein aa rahe hain masarrat ke vaaqiaat
jamhuriyat kaa husn numaayaan hai aaj-kal

tamannaa hai yahi dil ki vahin chaliye vahin chaliye
vo mahfil aah jis mahfil mein duniyaa luT gai apni

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

'saabir' teraa kalaam sunein kyuun na ahl-e-fan
bandish ajab hai aur ajab bol chaal hai

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

kyaa isi ne ye kiyaa matla-e-abru mauzun
tum jo kahte ho sukhan-go hai baDi meri aankh

mat ponchh abru-e-araq-aalud haath se
laazim hai ehtiyaat ki hai aab-daar tegh

aur baazaar se kyaa le jaaun
pahli baarish kaa mazaa le jaaun