خودی بھی مجھ سے جب واقف نہ تھی میں تب سے بسمل ہوں — اکبر اللہ آبادی

Khudi bhi mujh se jab waqif na thi main tab se bismil hoon

Khudi bhi mujh se jab waqif na thi main tab se bismil hoon
Azal se kushta-e-tegh-e-nigah-e-naaz-e-qaatil hoon
Dila kyun kar main us rukhsar-e-roshan ke muqabil hoon
Jise khursheed-e-mehshar dekh kar kehta hai main til hoon
Kham-e-gesu par ek rashk pari ke dil se maayil hoon
Mujhe bhi in dinon sauda hai deewanon mein daakhil hoon
Nahin maloom us ko teri chitwan se muqabil hoon
Mujhe wa'iz samajhta hai ke main marne se ghafil hoon
Nigah-e-naaz se tum ne agar dekha nahin mujh ko
To phir main kyun tadapta hoon na zakhmi hoon na bismil hoon
Fughan kaisi ke harf-e-shikwa bhi lab par na aaye ga
Yeh jab tak tum na keh lo ge wafa ka teri qaatil hoon
Rah-e-ulfat woh koocha hai qaza bhi jis se darti hai
Qadam rakhta hai dil is mein nisaar-e-himmat-e-dil hoon
Jo yun hi lahza lahza daagh-e-hasrat ki taraqqi hai
Ajab kya rafta rafta main sarapa soorat-e-dil hoon
Madad aye rahnuma-e-gumrahaan is dasht-e-ghurbat mein
Musafir hoon pareshan haal hoon gum karda manzil hoon
Yeh mere saamne shaikh o barahman kya jhagadte hain
Agar mujh se koi poochhe kahoon donon ka qaail hoon
Agar dawa-e-yak rangi karoon naakhush na ho jaana
Main is aaina khana mein tera aks-e-muqabil hoon
Tawaqqo rehti hai dam ke dam lene ki mohlat hai
Maaz-Allah apni maut se kis darja ghafil hoon
Rasai zulf ne paayi qadam tak ab woh kyun aayen
Bahana khoob haath aaya ke paaband-e-salasil hoon
Khabar lete hain us ki jis ko begaana samajhte hain
Mujhe kab poochhte hain main to ek tehseel-e-haasil hoon
Zameen-e-sher jis se aasman ban jaye aye Akbar
Uloo-e-taba se aisi ghazal padhne pe maayil hoon