dil-e-fasurda pe sau bar tazgi aai 
magar wo yaad ki ja kar na phir kabhi aai 
chaman mein kaun hai pursan-e-haal shabnam ka 
gharib roi to ghunchon ko bhi hansi aai 
ajab na tha ki gham-e-dil shikast kha jata 
hazar shukr tere lutf mein kami aai 
zamana hansta hai mujh par hazar bar hanse 
tumhaari aankh mein lekin ye kyun nami aai 
diye jalae ummidon ne dil ke gird bahut 
kisi taraf se na is ghar mein raushni aai 
hazar did pe pabandiyan thin parde the 
nigah-e-shauq magar un ko dekh hi aai 
kisi tarah na miTa 'arsh' dagh-e-kufrana 
hamare kaam na sajde na bandagi aai
        Ghazal
Dil-e-fasurda pe sau bar tazgi aai
Arsh Malsiyani

