dar-o-divaar pe hasrat se nazar karte hain — Wajid Ali Shah Akhtar

turaab-e-paa-e-hasinaan-e-lakhnau hai ye
ye khaaksaar hai 'akhtar' ko naqsh-e-paa kahiye

mujhi ko vaaizaa pand-o-nasihat
kabhi us ko bhi samjhaayaa to hotaa

be-muravvat ho bevafaa ho tum
apne matlab ke aashnaa ho tum

yahi tashvish shab-o-roz hai bangaale mein
lucknow phir kabhi dikhlaae muqaddar meraa

ulfat ne tiri ham ko to rakkhaa na kahin kaa
dariyaa kaa na jangal kaa samaa kaa na zamin kaa

kamar dhokaa dahan uqda ghazaal aankhein pari chehra
shikam hiiraa badan khushbu jabin dariyaa zabaan iisaa

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

khvaahish sab rakhte hain tujh ko paane ki
aur phir apni apni qismat hoti hai

khvaahish-e-vasl kaa mazmun jo kisi satr mein thaa
kyaa kahun khat ko mire paDh ke vo kyaa kyaa uchhlaa

kyaa vo khvaahish ki jise dil bhi samajhtaa ho haqir
aarzu vo hai jo siine mein rahe naaz ke saath

ab zindagi se koi bhi shikva nahin mujhe
tu mil gayaa to koi tamanna nahin mujhe

lauT kar aae vo viraana-e-hasti dekhe
jis ki khvaahish thi ki barbaad kiyaa jaae mujhe