Didani Hai Hamari Zebai

Saleem Ahmed

didani hai hamari zeba.i

ham ki hain husn ke tamanna.i

bas ye hai intiha ta.alluq ki

zikr par un ke aankh bhar aa.i

tu na kar apni mahfilon ko udaas

raas hai ham ko ranj-e-tanha.i

ham to kah den ‘salim’ haal tira

kab vahan hai kisi ki shunva.i

aur to kya diya baharon ne

bas yahi chaar din ki rusva.i

ham ko kya kaam rang-e-mahfil se

ham to hain duur ke tamasha.i

vo junun ko baḌha.e ja.enge

un ki shohrat hai meri rusva.i

mo’taqid hain hamari vahshat ke

shahr men jis qadar hain sauda.i

ishq sahib ne dil pe dastak di

aa.i.e murshidi o maula.i

ye zamane ka jabr hai ki ‘salim’

ho ke mere bane hain sauda.i