jo tum na hogi to dil haveli saraae hogi — Yasir Tahsin

haae vo shokh sandali qaamat
jis ne mujh be-niyaaz ko maaraa

chal diye hain bol kar vaapas na lauTeinge kabhi
chal diye hain ik daf'a phir lauT aane ke liye

tum jo kahte ho chuum loge hamein
karne vaale kahaa nahin karte

us ne din jaldi Dhalne ki khvaahish ki
dharti ne raftaar baDhaa di gardish ki

pahle tu ik jhuTe gham mein miT jaane kaa naaTak rach
phir duniyaa ko jaa jaa kar batlaa tu kitne dukh mein hai

aisi tanhaa raaton mein hi aati hai
ek ghazal jo shaa'ir ko khaa jaati hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

band ho jaataa hai kuuze mein kabhi dariyaa bhi
aur kabhi qatra samundar mein badal jaataa hai

kitaabon se na daanish ki faraavaani se aayaa hai
saliqa zindagi kaa dil ki naadaani se aayaa hai

subh hoti hai to daftar mein badal jaataa hai
ye makaan raat ko phir ghar mein badal jaataa hai

ghar se baahar nahin niklaa jaataa
raushni yaad dilaati hai tiri