ye daastaan e dil hai kya ho adaa zabaan se
— Arzoo Lakhnavi
Ye daastaan-e-dil hai kya ho adaa zabaan se
Aansoo Tapak rahe hain lafzen milen kahaan se
Hai rabt do dilon ko be-rabtee-e-bayaan se
Kuch wo kahen nazar se kuch ham kahen zabaan se
Ye rote rote hansnaa tarteeb-e-zikr-e-gham hai
Aayaa hoon ibtidaa par chheDaa tha darmiyaan se
Haasil to zindagee kaa thee zindagee yaheen kee
Ab main hoon ik janaaza uThvaa do aastaan se
Is tool-e-khaamushee kaa zor-e-bayaan bhee dekhaa
Thee baat mere dil kee niklee tiree zabaan se
Jab husn khud-numaa hai aur ishq rakhna-afgan
Is kashmakash men parda niklegaa darmiyaan se
Maidaan-e-imtihaan men ai be-gharaz mohabbat
Dil kee zameen too ne Takraa dee aasmaan se
Us raazdaar-e-gham kee haalat na poochh jis ko
Kahnaa to hai bahut kuch mahroom hai zabaan se
Ai jazb-e-shauq-e-manzil mamnoon-e-ghair kyuun hon
Khud raasta badal kar bichhDaa hoon kaarvaan se
Har gaam par ThiThaknaa har baar muD ke taknaa
O muskuraane vaale kya le chalaa yahaan se
Zaahir fareb-e-va.ada phir aitbaar itnaa
Wo likh gaya dilon par jo kah diyaa zabaan se
Aa.ankhon se baaghbaan kee sho.ale nikle rahe hain
Tinke dabaa.e munh men niklaa hoon aashiyaan se
Dil kaa sakoon ganvaa kar hon aarzoo pashemaan
Kuch le ke rakh na chhoDaa kyuun jins-e-raa.egaan se