ek baat par bigDe gae na jo umr-bhar mile 
us se tariq sulh ke kya sulh-gar mile 
baham suluk tha pa tere daur-husn mein 
ye rasm uTh gai ki bashar se bashar mile 
dil mahw-e-chashm-e-yar tha bimar ho gaya 
kuchh un parstishon ka bhi aaKHir samar mile 
ai nala tu ne sath diya aah ka to kya 
ummid kya asar ki jo du be-asar mile 
sadma jigar pe pahunche to ho dil mein kyun na dard 
kya farq kuchh juda nahin hain dil jigar mile 
hum ko hamare tal-e-bad ne Dubo diya 
achchhe the gar nasib to kyun chashm-e-tar mile 
dhoun sad-ab-e-tegh se ai pamba jo kabhu 
daman se tere daman dagh-e-jigar mile 
ummid-e-bu mein us ki mile yun saba se hum 
jis tarah be-KHabar se koi be-KHabar mile 
jo kuchh na dekhna tha so wo dekhna paDa 
us bewafa se pahle the kya dekh kar mile 
dekhe hunar jo apne hi wo jaane us ka kaam 
hum ko to aib dekh ke apne hunar mile 
mehr-e-jahan-faroz dikha dun jabin ko main 
gar sang-e-astana-e-KHairul-bashar mile 
milne se us ki ghaTti hai kya teri shan-e-husn 
'azurda' KHasta-jaan bhi mile tu agar mile
        Ghazal
Ek baat par bigDe gae na jo umr-bhar mile
Mufti Sadruddin Aazurda

