Zahir ki aankh se na tamasha kare koi

Khul jaayein, kya maze hain tamannaaye shauq mein Do chaar din jo meri tamanna kare koi

 

 

Nazaaray ko yeh janbish-e mijgaan bhi baar hai Nargis ki aankh se tujhe dekha kare koi

 

Uzr-aafreen jurm-e mohabbat hai husn-e dost Mahshar mein uzr taza na paida kare koi

 

Mansoor ko huwa lab-gooya paighaam-e maut Ab kya kisi ke ishq ka daawa kare koi

 

Ud baithe kya samajh ke bhala toor par Kaleem Taqat ho deed ki to taqaza kare koi

Ho deed ka jo shauq to aankhon ko band kar Hai dekhna yehi ke na dekha kare koi

 

Chhipti nahi hai yeh nagah-e shauq hum-nashin Phir aur kis tarah unhein dekha kare koi

 

 

Main intehaye ishq hoon, tu intehaye husn Dekhe mujhe ke tujh ko tamasha kare koi

 

 

Naala hai bulbul shorida tera khaam abhi

Naala hai bulbul shorida tera khaam abhi Apne seenay mein ise aur zara thaam abhi

Pukhta hoti hai agar maslahat andesh ho aqal Ishq ho maslahat andesh to hai khaam abhi

Bekhatar kood pada aatish-e Namrood mein ishq Aqal hai mehvo-e tamasha-e lab-e baam abhi

 

Ishq farmooda-e qasid se sabuk gaam-e amal Aqal samjhi hi nahi ma’ni-e paighaam abhi

Shivay-e ishq hai azadi o dahr aashoobi Tu hai zanari-e but khanay-e ayaam abhi

Uzr-e parhez pe kehta hai bigad kar saaqi Hai tere dil mein wahi kaawish anjaam abhi

Sa’i-e paiman hai tarazu-e kam o kaif hayat Teri mizaan hai shumar-e seher o shaam abhi

Abr-e naysan yeh tankh bakhshi-e shabnam kab tak Mere kehsaar ke laalay hain tehi jaam abhi

 

Bada gardaan-e ajam woh arabi meri sharab Mere saaghar se jhijakte hain mei aasham abhi

Khabar Iqbal ki laaye hai gulistan se naseem Nau girftar phadakta hai teh daam abhi

 

Khudī woh bahr hai jis kā koī kināra nahīn

Khudī woh bahr hai jis kā koī kināra nahīn
Tū āb jo ise samjhā agar tū chārah nahīn

Ṭilasm-e gunbad-e gardūn ko toṛ sakte hain
Zujāj kī yeh ʿimārat hai sang-e khāra nahīn

Khudī mein doobte hain phir ubhar bhi āte hain
Magar yeh ḥausla-e mard hīch kāra nahīn

Tere maqām ko anjum-shanās kyā jāne
Ke khāk zindah hai to tābiʿ sitārah nahīn

Yahīn behisht bhi hai, ḥūr o Jibrīl bhi hai
Tērī nigāh mein abhi shaukī nazāra nahīn

Ghazab hai ʿayn-e karam mein bukhīl hai fiṭrat
Ke lāl-e nāb mein ātesh to hai sharārah nahīn

Mere junūn ne zamāne ko khūb pechānā
Woh pīrahan mujhe bākhashā ke pāra pāra nahīn

 

 

 

 

Wohi meri kam-naseebi, wohi teri be-niaazi

Wohi meri kam-naseebi, wohi teri be-niaazi Mere kaam kuch na aaya, yeh kamal-e-nawaazi

Main kahaan hoon, tu kahaan hai, yeh makaan ke laa makaan hai Yeh jahaan mera jahaan hai, ke teri karishma saazi

 

Isi kashmakash mein guzri meri zindagi ki raatain Kabhi soz-o-saaz-e-Rumi, kabhi pech-o-taab-e-Razi

Na zubaan koi ghazal ki, na zubaan se ba-khabar main Koi dil-kasha sada ho, ajmi ho ya ke taazi

 

Nahiñ fiqr o saltanat mein koi imtiaaz aisa Yeh sipah ki tegh-baazi, woh nigah ki tegh-baazi

Koi caravan se toota, koi bad-gumaan Haram se Ke ameer-e-caravan mein nahi khooye dil nawazi

 

Muslim ke lahoo mein hai saleeka dil nawazi ka

Muslim ke lahoo mein hai saleeka dil nawazi ka Murovat husn aalam geer hai mardan ghazi ka

Shikayat hai mujhe, ya Rab, Khudawandon-e-maktab se Sabaq shaheen bachon ko de rahe hain khak-baazi ka

Bahut muddat ke nakchiroon ka andaaz-e-nigah badla Ke maine faash kar daala tareeqa shahbaazi ka

Qalandar jaz do harf “la ilaha” kuch bhi nahi rakhta Faqeeh-e-shahr qaaroon hai lughat-e-Hijazi ka

Hadith-e-baada-o-meena-o-jaam aati nahi mujhko Na kar khaarashgaafon se taqaaza sheesha saazi ka

Kahan se tune, aye Iqbal, seekhi hai yeh darveshi Ke charcha padhshahon mein hai teri be-niaazi ka

 

Majnoon ne sheher chhoda to sahra bhi chhod de

Majnoon ne sheher chhoda to sahra bhi chhod de
Nazaray ki haus ho to Layla bhi chhod de

Waiz kamal-e-tark se milti hai yahan muraad
Duniya jo chhod di hai to aakhiraat bhi chhod de

Taqleed ki raah se to behtar hai khudkushi
Rasta bhi dhoond Khizr ka, soda bhi chhod de

Maanand-e-khaama teri zubaan par hai harf-e-ghair
Be-gaana shay pe naazish be-ja bhi chhod de

Lutf-e-kalaam kya jo na ho dil mein dard-e-ishq
Basmal nahi hai to tu tadapna bhi chhod de

Shabnam ki tarah phoolon pe ro aur chaman se chal
Is bagh mein qiyaam ka soda bhi chhod de

Hai aashiqi mein rasam alag sab se baithna
But-khana bhi haram bhi kaleesa bhi chhod de

 

 

Khird-mandon se kya poochoon ke meri ibtida kya hai

Khird-mandon se kya poochoon ke meri ibtida kya hai Ke main is fikr mein rehta hoon meri inteha kya hai

Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai

Maqaam-e-guftagu kya hai agar main kiimya-gar hoon Yahi soz-e-nafas hai aur meri kiimya kya hai

Nazar aayen mujhe taqdeer ki gehraaiyaan is mein Na poochh aye hum-nashiin mujh se woh chashm-e-surma sa kya hai

Agar hota woh majzoob-e-Farangi is zamaane mein To Iqbal usko samjhaata maqam-e-kibriya kya hai

Nawaaye subh-gaahi ne jigar khoon kar diya mera Khudaaya jis khata ki yeh saza hai, woh khata kya hai