aankh jo nam ho vahi dida-e-tar mera hai
mauj-e-gham uTThe kahin us ka guhar mera hai
dekh luun main to sitare hain na dekhun to dhuan
kya rasa itna kaf-e-dast-e-nazar mera hai
samar o gul hain gulistan-faroshon ke liye
abyari ke liye ḳhun-e-jigar mera hai
qasr ho ya ki lahad donon kiyraye ke makan
roz kahta hai koi aa ke ye ghar mera hai
dasht ki uḌti hui ret pe likh dete hain log
ye zamin meri ye divar ye dar mera hai
is shar-abad ḳharabe men kahan husn-o-jamal
husn jitna bhi hai sab husn-e-nazar mera hai
maut hai jur.at-e-iz.har ki pazmurda-labi
saz-e-taḳhliq lab-e-arz-e-hunar mera hai
vo ḳhuda ho to ho main DhunDne kyuun ja.un use
ḳhud hi apna le mujhe baḌh ke vo gar mera hai
kaT ke sar paḌhte hain nezon pe bhi qur.an ‘vahid’
juzv-e-tan rah ke bhi chup kis liye sar mera hai
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