sikka-e-dagh-e-junun milte jo daulat mangta 
tang karti muflisi gar main faraghat mangta 
ranj se fursat na milti main jo rahat mangta 
bojh hota sar pe gar qarun ki daulat mangta 
gar mujhe hoti KHabar mera masiha aaega 
ai ajal ek dam ki main bhi tujh se mohlat mangta 
KHizr ki si zindagi hoti jo mujh nakaam ki 
main dua-e-wasl-e-jaanan ta-qayamat mangta 
ashk ke dariya ne rakh li aabru ai chashm-e-tar 
marte dam do gaz zamin kya bahr-e-turbat mangta 
kis ki aamad aamad apne kalba-e-ahzan mein hai 
peshwai ko hai dil pahlu se ruKHsat mangta 
dar-guzarta jaan tak karta zamin us se aziz 
mujh se darban-e-dar-e-jaanan jo rishwat mangta 
naza tak didar ki hasrat rahi mushtaq ko 
ai masiha mar gaya bimar sharbat mangta 
dar-ba-dar phirne ne meri qadr khoi ai falak 
un ke dil mein hai jagah milti jo KHalwat mangta 
minnaten kar ke chhuData bulbulon ko dam se 
main zar-e-gul deta agar sayyaad qimat mangta 
aadamiyyat se hain dur in zahidon ke qaul-o-feal 
haqq-e-maurusi tha mera kyun main jannat mangta 
jaan di nahaq ko makkara ke dam mein aan kar 
kohkan shirin se mehnat ki jo ujrat mangta 
qasd karta gar bulandi ka to pasti dekhta 
kund ho jati tabiat gar main jaudat mangta 
zulf ke janjal mein phansne ki KHud karta dua 
main siDi tha jo KHuda se apni shamat mangta 
qael apni guftugu se KHas ka hota kalim 
'sadi'-e-shiraaz bhi mujh se fasahat mangta 
yar hota bagh hota aise gar hote nasib 
mai-kashi ki mohtasib se main ijazat mangta 
dasht-e-wahshat-KHez mein uryan hai 'agha' aap hi 
qasid-e-jaanan ko kya deta jo KHilat mangta
 
        Ghazal
Sikka-e-dagh-e-junun milte jo daulat mangta
Aagha Akbarabadi

