ham ne aalam se bevafaai ki — 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

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

sab se baDaa fareb hai khud zindagi 'adaa'
is hila-ju ke saath hain ham bhi bahaana-saaz

maujud mere dil mein jo zakhmon ke daagh hain
vo ek bevafaa ke sitam ke charaagh hain

zakhm bhi ab hasin lagte hain
tere haathon fareb khaane par

baDe vasuq se duniyaa fareb deti rahi
baDe khulus se ham e'tibaar karte rahe

chaman ke rang-o-bu ne is qadar dhokaa diyaa mujh ko
ki main ne shauq-e-gul-bosi mein kaanTon par zabaan rakh di