mirii nigaah kahaan diid e husn e yaar kahaan
— Arzoo Lakhnavi
Miree nigaah kahaan deed-e-husn-e-yaar kahaan
Ho aitbaar to phir taab-e-intizaar kahaan
Dilon men farq huaa jab to chaah pyaar kahaan
Chaman chaman hee nahin aa.egee bahaar kahaan
Jise ye kah ke wo hans den ki qissa achchhaa hai
Wo raaz khul ke bhee hota hai aashkaar kahaan
Umang thee ye javaanee kee yaa koi aandhee
Milaa ke khaak men ham ko ga.ee bahaar kahaan
Umeed-vaar banaane se mudda.aa kya tha
Jab aas tum ne dilaa dee to ab qaraar kahaan
Milee hai is liye do-chaar din kee aazaadee
Ki sarf kartaa hai dekhen ye ikhtiyaar kahaan
Ye shauq le ke chalaa hai chaman se shakl-e-naseem
Ki dekhen miltee hai jaatee huee bahaar kahaan
Hai ek shart wafa kee wo qaid-e-be-zanjeer
Sab ikhtiyaar hain aur kuch bhee ikhtiyaar kahaan
MiTe nishaan pe nazar kar ke ro jise chaahe
Tire sitam kee hai turbat miraa mazaar kahaan
Tum aisa ahd-shikan 'aarzoo' saa naa-ummeed
Kaho jo sach bhee to aataa hai aitbaar kahaan