maktab-e-ishq kaa moallim huun — Siraj Aurangabadi

chali samt-e-ghaib siin kyaa havaa ki chaman zuhur kaa jal gayaa
magar ek shaakh-e-nihaal-e-gham jise dil kaho so hari rahi

masjid abru mein teri mardumuk hai jiyun imaam
mu-e-mizhgaan muqtadi ho mil ke karte hain namaaz

aa shitaabi siin vagarna majlis-e-ushshaaq mein
zulm hai gham hai qayaamat hai kharaabi ai sanam

roza-daaraan-e-judaai kuun kham-e-abru-e-yaar
maah-e-id-e-ramazaan thaa mujhe maalum na thaa

hamaari baat mohabbat siin tum jo gosh karo
to apni prem kahaani tumhein sunaaungaa

haq mein ushshaaq ke qayaamat hai
kyaa karam kyaa itaab kyaa dushnaam

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

'ishq mein intihaa ki had na hui
'aashiqi teri mustanad na hui

mohabbat phuul banne par lagi thi
palaT kar phir kali kar li hai main ne

ishq ki choT kaa kuchh dil pe asar ho to sahi
dard kam ho yaa ziyaada ho magar ho to sahi

naqsh-e-qadam hain raah mein farhaad-o-qais ke
ai ishq khinch kar mujhe laayaa idhar kahaan