aql har baat pe hairan hai ise kya kahiye
dil bahr haal pareshan hai ise kya kahiye
bulbulen taqat-e-guftar se mahrum huiin
ab ye a.in-e-gulistan hai ise kya kahiye
log kahte hain ki gulshan men bahar aa.i hai
bu-e-gul phir bhi pareshan hai ise kya kahiye
rahnuma duur bahut duur nikal aa.e hain
qafila raah men hairan hai ise kya kahiye
arzuon ne ka.i phuul chune the lekin
zindagi ḳhar-badaman hai ise kya kahiye
apne maazi ki hikayat bahut ḳhuub sahi
ab na.e daur ka saman hai ise kya kahiye
sochte the ki sahar nur-badaman hogi
tirgi phir bhi numayan hai ise kya kahiye
ehtimam-e-sahar-e-nau to karenge lekin
dil abhi be-sar-o-saman hai ise kya kahiye
main ne kis haal men dekha hai chaman ko ‘shahzad’
aur dil ab bhi ghazal-ḳhvan hai ise kya kahiye
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