haqiqi aur majazi shaeri mein farq ye paya
ki wo jame se bahar hai ye pajame se bahar hai
Akbar Allahabadi
hum kya kahen ahbab kya kar-e-numayan kar gae
BA hue naukar hue pension mili phir mar gae
Akbar Allahabadi
hum aisi kul kitaben qabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke bap ko KHabti samajhte hain
we do deem all those books fit for confiscation
that sons read and think their fathe
Akbar Allahabadi
hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnam
wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota
I do suffer slander, when I merely sigh
she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh
Akbar Allahabadi
hangama hai kyun barpa thoDi si jo pi li hai
Daka to nahin mara chori to nahin ki hai
barely have I sipped a bit, why should this uproar be
It's not that I've commited theft or daylight robbery
Akbar Allahabadi
ghazab hai wo ziddi baDe ho gae
main leTa to uTh ke khaDe ho gae
Akbar Allahabadi
ghamza nahin hota ki ishaara nahin hota
aankh un se jo milti hai to kya kya nahin hota
Akbar Allahabadi
gham-KHan-e-jahan mein waqat hi kya hamari
ek na-shunida uf hain ek aah-e-be-asar hain
Akbar Allahabadi
falsafi ko bahs ke andar KHuda milta nahin
Dor ko suljha raha hai aur sira milta nahin
Akbar Allahabadi