yaad mein apne yaar-e-jaani ki — 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

dar-o-divaar pe hasrat se nazar karte hain
khush raho ahl-e-vatan ham to safar karte hain

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

samajh liyaa thaa tujhe dost ham ne dhoke mein
so aaj se tujhe baar-e-digar samajhte hain

sab doston se mujh ko ziyaada 'aziz hai
aisaa bhi ek shakhs mire dushmanon mein hai

meri to jaan hi nikal gai jab
dost kah kar mujhe pukaaraa gayaa

vo raatein kaif mein Duubi vo teri pyaar ki baatein
nikal paDte hain aansu jab kabhi ham yaad karte hain

har taraf ziist ki raahon mein kaDi dhuup hai dost
bas tiri yaad ke saae hain panaahon ki tarah