ab daur-e-asman hai na daur-e-hayat hai
ai dard-e-hijr tu hi bata kitni raat hai
har kaenat se ye alag kaenat hai
hairat-sara-e-ishq men din hai na raat hai
jiina jo aa gaya to ajal bhi hayat hai
aur yuun to umr-e-khizr bhi kya be-sabat hai
kyuun intiha-e-hosh ko kahte hain be-khudi
khurshid hi ki akhiri manzil to raat hai
hasti ko jis ne zalzala-saman bana diya
vo dil qarar paae muqaddar ki baat hai
ye mushagafiyan hain giran tab-e-ishq par
kis ko dimagh-e-kavish-e-zat-o-sifat hai
toda hai la-makan ki hadon ko bhi ishq ne
zindan-e-aql teri to kya kaenat hai
gardun sharar-e-barq-e-dil-e-be-qarar dekh
jin se ye teri taron bhari raat raat hai
gum ho ke har jagah hain za-khud raftagan-e-ishq
un ki bhi ahl-e-kashf-o-karamat zaat hai
hasti ba-juz fana-e-musalsal ke kuchh nahin
phir kis liye ye fikr-e-qarar-o-sabat hai
us jan-e-dosti ka khulus-e-nihan na puchh
jis ka sitam bhi ghairat-e-sad-iltifat hai
yuun to hazar dard se rote hain bad-nasib
tum dil dukhao vaqt-e-musibat to baat hai
unvan ghaflaton ke hain qurbat ho ya visal
bas fursat-e-hayat ‘firaq’ ek raat hai
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