nahin bujhti hai pyaas aansu siin lekin — Siraj Aurangabadi

dekhaa hai jis ne yaar ke rukhsaar ki taraf
hargiz na jaave sair kuun gulzaar ki taraf

boltaa huun jo vo bulaataa hai
tan ke pinjre mein us kaa totaa huun

vaqt hai ab namaaz-e-maghrib kaa
chaand rukh lab shafaq hai gesu shaam

tahqiq ki nazar siin aakhir kuun ham ne dekhaa
akasr hain maal vaale kam hain kamaal vaale

masjid vahshat mein paDhtaa hai taraavih-e-junun
mushaf husn-e-pari-rukhsaar jis kuun yaad hai

vo ajab ghaDi thi main jis ghaDi liyaa dars nuskha-e-ishq kaa
ki kitaab aql ki taaq par juun dhari thi tyuun hi dhari rahi

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

dard bakhshaa chain chhinaa dil ke TukDe kar diye
haae kis zaalim pe main ne bhi bharosa kar liyaa

paan ke Thele hotel logon kaa jamghaT
apne tanhaa hone kaa ehsaas bhi kyaa

sitam to ye hai ki main ne use bhi chhoD diyaa
jo sab ko chhoD ke tanhaa khaDaa hai mere saath