kahte hain andalib-e-giraftaar mujh ko dekh — Tek Chand Bahar

vahi ik aasmaan hai jis ko ham tum taar kahte hain
kabhi tasbih kahte hain kabhi zunnaar kahte hain

naaz be-jaa o lutf be-mauqaa
dilbaron ki adaa hai kyaa kyaa kuchh

hamein vaaiz Daraataa kyuun hai dozakh ke azaabon se
maaasi go hamaare besh hon kuchh maghfirat kam hai

nahin maalum kyaa hikmat hai shaikh is aafrinash ki
hamein aisaa kharaabaati kiyaa tujh ko munaajaati

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

is zindagi mein itni faraaghat kise nasib
itnaa na yaad aa ki tujhe bhuul jaaein ham

maanaa jivan mein aurat ik baar mohabbat karti hai
lekin mujh ko ye to bataa de kyaa tu aurat zaat nahin