urdu zaban

ye kaisa ishq hai urdu zaban ka

maza ghulta hai lafzon ka zaban par
ki jaise pan mein mahnga qimam ghulta hai


ye kaisa ishq hai urdu zaban ka
nasha aata hai urdu bolne mein
gilauri ki tarah hain munh lagi sab istelahen
lutf deti hai


halaq chhuti hai urdu to
halaq se jaise mai ka ghont utarta hai
badi aristocracy hai zaban mein
faqiri mein nawabi ka maza deti hai urdu


agarche mani kam hote hai urdu mein
alfaz ki ifraat hoti hai
magar phir bhi
buland aawaz padhiye to bahut hi mo'tabar lagti hain baaten


kahin kuchh dur se kanon mein padti hai agar urdu
to lagta hai ki din jadon ke hain khidki khuli hai
dhup andar aa rahi hai
ajab hai ye zaban


urdu
kabhi kahin safar karte agar koi musafir sher padh de 'mir'
'ghaalib' ka
wo chahe ajnabi ho


yahi lagta hai wo mere watan ka hai
badi shaista lahje mein kisi se urdu sun kar
kya nahin lagta ki ek tahzib ki aawaz hai
urdu