allah ke bhi ghar se hai ku-e-butan aziiz
ka.abe se bhi ziyada hai hindostan aziiz
ye musht-e-ḳhak ho kahin maqbul-e-bargah
miTTi hamari kar bhi chuke asman aziiz
shikve ki ja-e-ghair se baaqi nahin rahi
dushman se bhi ziyada hain ḳhuban-e-jan aziiz
hasti adam se laa.i hai kis mulk-e-ghair men
koi na ashna hai hamara na yaan aziiz
ai ‘rind’ apne ahd men qadr-e-suḳhan nahin
har asr men vagarna the ahl-e-zaban aziiz
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