malte hain haath haath lagenge anaar kab
— Aagha Akbarabadi
Malte hain haath, haath lagenge anaar kab
Joban kaa un ke dekhiye hogaa ubhaar kab
Ushshaaq muntazir hain qayaamat kab aa.egee
Be-parda munh dikhaa.egaa wo parda-daar kab
Ik roz apnee jaan pe ham khel jaa.enge
Tum poochhte rahoge yoonhee baar baar kab
Bekas ko kaun ro.e ghareebon kaa kaun hai
Meree lahad pe sham.a huee ashk-baar kab
Kaun aayaa paDhte faatiha kis ne chaDhaa.e phuul
Marne ke ba.ad poochhtaa hai koi yaar kab
Ummeed naa-umeed ko un se nahin rahi
Dushman ke dost hain wo hue mere yaar kab
Jo oonche oonche hain vahee jaate hain baam par
Mahfil men ham ghareebon ko miltaa hai yaar kab
Jab naqd maal too ne diyaa ham ne naqd-e-dil
Saaqee hamen bataa de ki pee thee udhaar kab
Milnaa chhuDaayaa tum se miraa rashk-e-ghair ne
Kartaa hai koi aap se jabr ikhtiyaar kab
'aaghaa' ko zab.h karte ho apnee galee men kyuun
Jaa.ez hai meree jaan haram men shikaar kab