aisi uljhan ho kabhi aisi bhi rusva.i ho
dil ke har zaḳhm men dariyaon ki gahra.i ho
ishq men aise kisi ki bhi na rusva.i ho
har-qadam paanv men zanjir nazar aa.i ho
is tarah yaad tiri dil men chali aa.i ho
jis tarah koi kali shaḳh pe muska.i ho
yuun guzarte hain tire hijr men din-rat mire
jaan pe jaise kisi shaḳhs ke ban aa.i ho
diid se pyaas bujhe chashm-e-tamanna ki kabhi
husn-e-zeba se dil-e-zar ki zeba.i ho
tu qarib aaya to aisa mujhe mahsus hua
teri ḳhushbu miri sanson men simaT aa.i ho
aise bojhal hain tire ba.ad mohabbat ke qadam
jaise laḌki kisi dehat ki ghabra.i ho
ek arsa hua manzar nahin dekha koi
husn-e-zeba se miri aankh men ra.ana.i ho
mil bhi sakta hai hamen manzil-e-hasti ka suragh
vaqt ne paanv men zanjir na pahna.i ho
is tarah dekhta hai mujh ko vo ik shaḳhs yahan
jis tarah ek zamane ki shanasa.i ho
raste aise chamak uThte hain rafta rafta
muntazir jaise nazar raah men phaila.i ho
kaash aisa bhi koi lamha mayassar aa jaa.e
ishq ki baat bane gham ki pazira.i ho
aise siine men pareshan hai dil ka hona
har taraf dhuul ho har or men tanha.i ho
dil bhi jalta ho juda.i men sharare ki tarah
giili lakḌi ki tarah jaan bhi sulga.i ho
gulshan-e-zist men raqsan ho baharon ka saman
tere anchal se har ik shaḳh hi rangva.i ho
husn ko ishq ke aa jaa.en jo adab kabhi
aankh shaida.i na ho dil na tamanna.i ho
arsa-e-zist men aisa na koi lamha mila
kisi saa.at ne kali pyaar ki mahka.i ho
da.ere aise banati hai yahan qaus-e-quzah
hu-ba-hu jaise kisi shoḳh ki angḌa.i ho
zindagi aise kaTi tana-o-dushnam ke saath
mera hona bhi mire gham ka shanasa.i ho
chain aata hai tamanna ko na arman ko sakun
jab mohabbat ki kali ḳhauf se murjha.i ho
bech ke ḳhud ko bhi ḳhushiyan na ḳharidi jaa.en
teri duniya men na aisi kabhi mahnga.i ho
mujh ko gul-rang baharon se yahi lagta hai
jaise parva tiri ḳhushbu ko liye aa.i ho
dekh kar rang baharon ke mujhe lagta hai
jaise chunari kisi doshiza ne phaila.i ho
phuul ki tarah sabhi daagh mahakne lag jaa.en
kaash aisa bhi kahin tarz-e-masiha.i ho
kaisa manzar ho ki sar phoḌte divanon ke
sang ho haath men aur samne harja.i ho
hai mizaj apna alag apni tabi.at hai juda
kaise is daur ke logon se shanasa.i ho
vo suḳhan-var jo suḳhan-var hain haqiqi sahab
aise logon ka kabhi jashn-e-pazira.i ho
zaḳhm us shoḳh ne is baar lagaya vo ‘nabil’
jaise biphre hue dariyaon ki gahra.i ho
chaa.e ka cup ho ‘nabil’ aur kisi ki yaden
raat ka pichhla pahar alam-e-tanha.i ho
aisi halat men nazar aaya hai vo aaj ‘nabil’
jaise sheron men koi qafiya-paima.i ho
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