Poet
abr saan har-chand rakkha chashm ko pur-ab ham
kar sake par kisht ulfat ka nahin shadab ham
hijr ki atish ne aisa qurb-e-dil paida kiya
be-qararana taḌapte ab hain juun simab ham
chha ga.iin zulfen kisi mukhḌe pe juun akas puun
ḳhud-baḳhud khate hain pech-o-tab juun lailab ham
gard-bad-asa paḌe phirte hain bagh-o-ragh men
maskan-o-mava kahan rakhte hain dar-yak-bab ham
dekh lene de tu apne kaan ka bunda hamen
phir kahan pavenge zalim ye dur-e-nayab ham
zindagi phusla ke laa.i yaan hazar afsos aah
phans ga.e be-tarah is duniya ke dar ḳhullab ham
yaan hai fikr-e-ma.ishat vaan hai andesha ma.aad
hain ba-girdab-e-gham-e-duniya-e-dun gharqab ham
munkashif hoti haqiqat marg gar roz-e-alast
hargiz ai dahr az adam karte nahin peshab ham
mat kar ‘afridi’ ko is maslaḳh men paband aḳhirash
zab.h ho javenge tere haath ai qassab ham
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