majaal-e-tark-e-mohabbat na ek baar hui — 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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ye dard ki hai teri mohabbat ki amaanat
mar jaaeinge is dard kaa darmaan na kareinge

manjdhaar mein naav Duub gai to maujon se aavaaz aai
dariyaa-e-mohabbat se 'kausar' yuun paar utaaraa karte hain

jaane kitne Dubne vaale saahil par bhi Duub gae
pyaare! tufaanon mein rah kar itnaa bhi ghabraanaa kyaa

mujhe to ishq hai phulon mein sirf khushbu se
bulaa rahi hai kisi laala ki mahak mujh ko