main ruh-e-aalam-e-imkaan mein sharh-e-azmat-e-yazdaan — Shibli Nomani

faraaz-e-daar pe bhi main ne tere giit gaae hain
bataa ai zindagi tu legi kab tak imtihaan meraa

aap jaate to hain us bazm mein 'shibli' lekin
haal-e-dil dekhiye izhaar na hone paae

ye nazm-e-aain ye tarz-e-bandish sukhanvari hai fusun-gari hai
ki rekhta mein bhi tere 'shibli' maza hai tarz-e-'ali-hazin' kaa

ajab kyaa hai jo nau-khezon ne sab se pahle jaanein diin
ki ye bachche hain in ko jald so jaane ki aadat hai

jama kar lijiye ghairon ko magar khubi-e-bazm
bas vahin tak hai ki baazaar na hone paae

taskhir-e-chaman par naazaan hain tazin-e-chaman to kar na sake
tasnif fasaana karte hain kyuun aap mujhe bahlaane ko

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

niind ke ghar mein hain khvaab aane lage
'ishq hai naachtaa aankh ke sahn mein

ye mere saathi hain pyaare saathi magar inhein bhi nahin gavaaraa
main apni vahshat ke maqbare se nai tamannaa ke khvaab dekhun

usi ke khvaab the saare usi ko saunp diye
so vo bhi jiit gayaa aur main bhi haaraa nahin