Begam aur shaeri

ek din mujh se ye farmane lagi biwi meri
meri sautan ban gai hai aap ki ye shaeri

wo ye kah kar mujh se karti hai hamesha ehtijaj
shaeri se aap ki hota hai mujh ko iKHtilaj

sochti hun kis tarah hoga hamara ab nibah
mujh ko roTi chahiye aur aap ko bas wah wah

mujh ko rahti hai sada bachchon ke mustaqbil ki dhun
aap baiThe kar rahe hain faelatun faelun

raat kafi ho chuki hai nind mein bachche hain dhut
aap yun sakit hue baiThe hain jaise koi but

main ye kahti hun chuka dije jo pichhla qarz hai
aap apni dhun mein kahte hain ki matla arz hai

main ye kahti hun ki dekha kijiye mauqa-mahal
chheD dete hain kahin bhi ghair-matbua ghazal

man leti hun main chaliye aap hain shaer great
shaeri se bhar nahin sakta magar bachchon ka peT

apne hindustan mein murda-parasti aam hai
jitne shaer mar chuke hain bas unhin ka nam hai

jab talak zinda rahe paise na the karne ko KHarch
mar gae to ho rahi hai mirza-'ghaalib' par research

main ye bola band kar apna ye ba-huda kalam
tujh ko kya malum kya hai ek shaer ka maqam

jhuT hai shamil tasanno hai na kuchh is mein darogh
shaeri se pa rahi hai aaj bhi urdu farogh

hun sana-KHwan main 'figar'-o-'saghar'-o-'shahbaz' ka
ruKH badal Dala jinhon ne sher ke parwaz ka