Poet Name: Shefta Mustafa Khan

jab raqibon ka sitam yaad aaya kuchh tumhara bhi karam yaad aaya kab hamen hajat-e-parhez padi gham na khaya tha

ishq ki mere jo shohrat ho gai yaar se mujh ko nadamat ho gai khaak arz-e-muddaa us se karun jis

idhar maail kahan vo mah-jabin hai falak ko mujh se kyuun parkhash-o-kin hai na dekha apne bismil ka tamasha qarib

mar gae hain jo hijr-e-yar men ham sakht betab hain mazar men ham oppressed, in parting from my love, I

kaun se din tiri yaad ai but-e-saffak nahin kaun si shab hai ki khanjar se jigar chaak nahin lutf-e-qatil men

roz khuun hote hain do-char tire kuche men ek hangama hai ai yaar tire kuche men every day, some in

main vasl men bhi ‘shefta’ hasrat-talab raha gustakhiyon men bhi mujhe pas-e-adab raha taghir vaza ki hai ishara vida ka

mahv huun main jo us sitamgar ka hai gila apne hal-e-abtar ka haal likhta huun jan-e-muztar ka rag-e-bismil hai taar

kuchh dard hai mutribon ki lai men kuchh aag bhari hui hai nai men kuchh zahr ugal rahi hai bulbul

kam-fahm hain to kam hain pareshaniyon men ham danaiyon se achchhe hain nadaniyon men ham in my lack of knowledge,