manzur hai guzarish-e-ahwal-e-waqai

manzur hai guzarish-e-ahwal-e-waqai
apna bayan husn-e-tabiat nahin mujhe
sau pusht se hai pesha-e-aba sipah-gari
kuchh sha'iri zariya-e-'izzat nahin mujhe


aazada-rau hun aur mera maslak hai sulh-e-kul
hargiz kabhi kisi se adawat nahin mujhe
kya kam hai ye sharaf ki 'zafar' ka ghulam hun
mana ki jah-o-mansab-o-sarwat nahin mujhe


ustad-e-shah se ho mujhe parkhash ka khayal
ye tab ye majal ye taqat nahin mujhe
jam-e-jahan-numa hai shahanshah ka zamir
saugand aur gawah ki hajat nahin mujhe


main kaun aur rekhta han is se muddaa
juz imbisat-e-khatir-e-hazrat nahin mujhe
sahra likha gaya zara imtisal-e-amr
dekha ki chaara ghair-e-itaat nahin mujhe


maqta' mein aa padi hai sukhan-gustarana baat
maqsud is se qat'-e-mohabbat nahin mujhe
ru-e-sukhan kisi ki taraf ho to ru-siyah
sauda nahin junun nahin wahshat nahin mujhe


qismat buri sahi pe tabi'at buri nahin
hai shukr ki jagah ki shikayat nahin mujhe
sadiq hun apne qaul mein 'ghaalib' khuda gawah
kahta hun sach ki jhut ki 'adat nahin mujhe