meri shaki hai KHud meri fughan tak 
ki talu se nahin lagti zaban tak 
koi hasrat hi le aae mana kar 
mere ruThe hue dil ko yahan tak 
jagah kya dard ki bhi chhin lega 
jigar ka dagh phailega kahan tak 
asar nalon mein jo tha wo bhi khoya 
bahut pachhtae ja kar aasman tak 
falak tere jigar ke dagh hain hum 
miTae ja miTana hai jahan tak 
wo kya pahlu mein baiThe uTh gae kya 
na lin jaldi mein do ek chuTkiyan tak 
koi mange to aa kar muntazir hai 
liye thoDi si jaan ek nim-jaan tak 
uThane se ajal ke main na uThta 
wo aate to kabhi mujh na-tawan tak 
'jalal'-e-nala-kash chupka na hoga 
wo de kar dekh len munh mein zaban tak
        Ghazal
Meri shaki hai KHud meri fughan tak
Jalal Lakhnavi

