Qimti Kitab, Urdu By Ahmad Alvi

ek din biwi ne farmaya tumhaari har kitab
faltu saman hai kuDa hai raddi hai janab

aaj-kal mahngai se main kis qadar bad-haal hun
tum ijazat do agar raddi mein in ko bich dun

dafn in mein ilm-o-fan ke hain hazaron mahtab
main ne biwi se kaha nayab hai har ek kitab

dekh ye diwan-e-ghaalib aap hai apni misal
is ka ek ek sher hai urdu adab mein la-zawal

dekh 'haali' ki musaddas ka nahin koi jawab
ye bhi hai urdu adab mein ek ba-maqsad kitab

aur ye bang-e-dara 'iqbaal' ki pahchan hai
kya KHabar tujh ko ye urdu shairi ki shan hai

inqilabi ishqiya nazmon ki kulliyat hai
'josh' ki urdu adab ko qimti saughat hai

aur ye hai 'talKHiyan' 'sahir' ka la-fani kalam
us se hi zinda rahega hashr tak 'sahir' ka nam

ye ikai aur aamad hain kitaben 'badr' ki
naqidon ne in kitabon se hi un ki qadr ki

aag ka dariya hai ye ye 'gardish-e-rang-e-chaman'
in kutub se hai ayan urdu adab ka bankpan

umr bhar ki hai kamai besh-o-kam 'shahbaz' ki
dekh ye hain chhe kitaben mohtaram 'shahbaz' ki

dekh ye 'faruq' bhai ki kitaben be-shumar
nasr bhi hai mustanad aur nazm bhi hai ba-waqar

dekh talib ki kitaben pahla patthar silsila
lafz-e-sada mein chhupa hai zindagi ka falsafa