Poet Name: Akhtar Bastavi

jis kali se sehn-e-gulshan tha saja us ka ras avara bhanvra pi gaya jo kali thi zinat-e-bazm-e-nashat ho gai vo

dar-haqiqat ḳhamushi me.araj hai guftar ki is se behtar koi bhi surat nahin iz.har ki ho gai hai nutq ki

mere ehsasat ki gahraiyon men hai nihan be-tavajjoh qabr ki manind ik andha kuaan is ki tah men koi qatra

markuz kis liye hai tumhari nazar bhala ashuftagan-e-dil ke darida libas par dekho to ahal-e-hikmat-o-danish ka iztirab tasḳhir-e-kaenat ki nakam

dil pe jo tarik sa ik aks hai nafs ke ifrit ka saaya nahin kar chuka hai vaar mujh par

divar men rauzan to hua karte hain lekin dil men nahin hota koi is daur men rauzan paḌti hai nazar

be-sabati ziist ki taslim karta huun magar kya zaruri hai ki be-maqsad bhi ho jaae hayat koi nasabulain ho gar

biite hue dinon ki hain yaden bhi ik azaab rahta hai zehn-o-qalb pe un ka sada itaab idrak-o-fahm ko bhi

zindagi ko ik jue ki tarah khela umr bhar aur koi baazi kisi manzil pe bhi haara nahin daanv jitne

paani se huvaida hoti hai duniya men ḳhuda ki rahmat bhi paani men dikhai deti hai tasvir-e-azab-o-la.anat bhi paani ki