ai mishal-e-ummid ye ehsaan kam nahin — Wahshat Raza Ali Kalkatvi

zaalim ki to aadat hai sataataa hi rahegaa
apni bhi tabiat hai bahalti hi rahegi

kis tarah husn-e-zabaan ki ho taraqqi 'vahshat'
main agar khidmat-e-urdu-e-muallaa na karun

abhi hote agar duniyaa mein 'daagh'-e-dehlavi zinda
to vo sab ko bataa dete hai 'vahshat' ki zabaan kaisi

qadrdaani ki kaifiyat maalum
aib kyaa hai agar hunar na huaa

dil ko ham kab tak bachaae rakhte har aaseb se
Thes aakhir lag gai shishe mein baal aa hi gayaa

thaa qafas kaa khayaal daaman-gir
uD sake ham na baal o par le kar

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

din taal baajtaa hai hoti hai jab savaari
lashkar mein raag shab kuun unTon kaa hai uDaanaa

ek aaina ru-ba-ru hai abhi
us ki khushbu se guftugu hai abhi