dil ka sukun aankh ka tara kise kahen 
ye sochna paDa hai ki apna kise kahen 
ye shor-e-inqalab ye naqus ye azan 
hangama kaun sa hai tamasha kise kahen 
rahbaniyat ka jism se fastaiyat ki ruh 
kis ko rafiq KHun ka pyasa kise kahen 
sab milte-julte chehre hain dushman bhi dost bhi 
qatil kise bataen masiha kise kahen 
har zarra-e-haqir hai ham-dosh mehr-o-mah 
is pattharon ke Dher mein hira kise kahen 
itna shuur de hamein KHallaq KHair-o-shar 
KHar-o-zabun hai kaun farishta kise kahen 
milna tha jo nasib se wo mil gaya 'ziya' 
hasrat kise bataen tamanna kise kahen
        Ghazal
Dil ka sukun aankh ka tara kise kahen
Bakhtiyar Ziya

