soz-e-Gam de mujhe usne ye irshaad kiyaa

jaa tujhe kashmakash-e-dahar se aazaad kiyaa

vo kareN bhii to kin alfaaz meN teraa shikwa

jinko terii nigah-e-lutf ne barbaad kiyaa

itnaa maanuus huuN fitrat se kalii jab chaTkii

jhuk ke maiNne ye kahaa, ”mujhse se kuchh irshaad kiyaa?”

mujhko to hosh nahiiN, tum ko Khabar ho shaayad

log kahte haiN ki tumne mujhko barbaad kiyaa

Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabaadi