ye alag baat ki har samt se patthar aaya 
sar-bulandi ka bhi ilzam mere sar aaya 
zindagi chhoD ne aai mujhe darwaze tak 
raat ke pichhle pahar main jo kabhi ghar aaya 
bas dua hai ki ilahi ye koi KHwab na ho 
koi saya mere sae ke barabar aaya 
barha socha ki ai kash na aankhen hotin 
barha samne aankhon ke wo manzar aaya 
kya kahen ab to ye aadat nahin jati hum se 
jhuT bhi bole to sach ban ke zaban par aaya 
main nahin haq mein zamane ko bura kahne ke 
ab ke main kha ke zamane ki jo Thokar aaya 
surKHi-e-mai bhi Thaharti nahin har chehre par 
bul-hawas bhi usi mai-KHane se ho kar aaya
 
        Ghazal
Ye alag baat ki har samt se patthar aaya
Khalilur Rahman Azmi

