Maqsud-ali-diwana

rishte, chahat, shohrat, daulat

tere liye sab be-maya

tara hai kisi ki aankhon ka tu

aur na kisi ka man-jaya

hai dost na koi ham-saya

maidanon se aankhon ki guzarta ek saya

maqsud-ali! maqsud-ali!

diwana hai tu hum ko bata

ya koi wali?

wo roz-e-azal ka dohraya

hai ek saya

jis ki ek duniya hai apni

dahshat ke mehwar par gardan

wo duniya roz o shab mein jo taqsim nahin

KHanon mein baTi taqwim nahin

jo raaz hain hum se maKHfi

us par zahir hain

wo qalb-e-hasti ke andar

hum bahar hain

madum hai wo maujud ho tum

wo la-had hai mahdud ho tum

hasti ke aalam se baala

hargiz wo tum se baat nahin karne wala

wo sannaTe ka harkara hai, honT sile

hai dur kahin, hum sab se pare

kohre mein ghiri aawaz pe apne kan dhare

(ya ghaar-e-qadimi ki sangin tariki mein

bahr-e-aghaz ke pani ka

pur-haul taqatur sunta hai

aur jhuk kar bahte pani se

taron ke zarre chunta (hai

wo roz-e-azal ka dohraya

ek saya hai

jo darham-barham kar dene duniya ko hamari aaya hai