sitaaron ke payaam aae bahaaron ke salaam aae
— Ali Sardar Jafri
Sitaaron ke payaam aa.e bahaaron ke salaam aa.e
Hazaaron naama-haa-e-shauq ahl-e-dil ke kaam aa.e
Na jaane kitnee nazren us dil-e-vahshee pe paDtee hain
Har ik ko fikr hai us kee ye shaaheen zer-e-daam aa.e
Isee ummeed men betaabi-e-jaan baDhtee jaatee hai
Sukoon-e-dil jahaan mumkin ho shaayad wo maqaam aa.e
Hamaaree tishnagee bujhtee naheen shabnam ke qatron se
Jise saaqee-garee kee sharm ho aatish-ba-jaam aa.e
Koee shaayad hamaare daagh-e-dil kee tarah raushan ho
Hazaaron aaftaab is shauq men baalaa-e-baam aa.e
Inhen raahon men shaikh-o-muhtasib haa.il rahe aksar
Inhen raahon men hooraan-e-bahishtee ke khiyaam aa.e
Nigaahen muntazir hain ek khursheed-e-tamannaa kee
Abhee tak jitne mehr-o-maah aa.e naa-tamaam aa.e
Ye aalam lazzat-e-takhleeq kaa hai raqs-e-laafaanee
Tasavvur-khaana-e-hairat men laakhon sub.h-o-shaam aa.e
Koee 'sardaar' kab thaa is se pahle teree mahfil men
Bahut ahl-e-sukhan uTThe bahut ahl-e-kalaam aa.e