dard kii daulat e naayaab ko rusvaa na karo
— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri
Dard kee daulat-e-naayaab ko rusvaa na karo
Wo nazar raaz hai us raaz kaa charchaa na karo
Vus.at-e-dasht men deevaane bhaTak jaate hain
Dosto aahu-e-ram-khurda kaa peechhaa na karo
Tum muqaddar kaa sitaara ho mire paas raho
Tum jabeen-e-shab-e-namnaak pe ubhraa na karo
Pas-e-deevaar bhee deevaar kaa aalam hogaa
Tum yoonhee rauzan-e-deevaar se jhaankaa na karo
Ghar palaT aane men aafiyat-e-jaan hai yaaro
Jab havaa tez chale raah men Thahraa na karo
Yaa dil-o-deeda ko tanveer-e-mohabbat bakhsho
Yaa dam-e-sub.h zamaane men ujaalaa na karo
Ye jahaan-e-guzaraan haath kise aayaa hai
Peechhe muD muD ke kisee shakhs ko dekhaa na karo
Bhaagte lamhe ko kab rok sakaa hai koi
Wo to ik saaya hai saa.e kee tamannaa na karo
Sar salaamat nahin rahte hain zabaan kaTtee hai
Pattharon ko kabhi bhoole se bhee sajda na karo
Pyaas bujhtee hai kahaan tapte bayaabaanon kee
Miree aankhon miree aankho yoonhee barsaa na karo
Ziist hai tez-qadam aage nikal jaa.egee
Tum kisee moD pe rukne kaa iraada na karo
Kuchh idhar saa.e hain jo baDh ke lipaT jaate hain
'akhtar' is raah se ho kar kabhi guzraa na karo