Ahl-E-Fan Ahl-E-Adab Ahl-E-Qalam Kahte Rahe

Poet

ahl-e-fan ahl-e-adab ahl-e-qalam kahte rahe

bad-zaban ko ham zaban-dan-e-ajam kahte rahe

jabr-o-istibdad ko jud-o-karam kahte rahe

sabr-o-ta.at ko ilaj-e-dard-o-gham kahte rahe

ham ko har mahfil men tha adab-e-mahfil ka ḳhayal

ehtiraman har kisi ko mohtaram kahte rahe

chashm-poshi se riya-kari ko shah milti rahi

aib-poshi ko sharafat ka bharam kahte rahe

arzu-e-maz.hab-o-millat bhi rakhni thi zarur

nang-e-mimbar ko bhi ham shaiḳh-e-haram kahte rahe

vo bhi nikle rahnumaon ke nuqush-e-kajravi

jin ko raahi raste ke pech-o-ḳham kahte rahe

barha dekha hai ‘mahir’ un ko maghmum-o-malul

ham jinhen parvurda-e-naz-o-ni.am karte rahe