bahr-e-hasti koi sarab nahin
zindagi zindagi hai ḳhvab nahin
aah insan jis ki ankhon par
apna anjam be-naqab nahin
ek ḳhurshid-ruḳh ki zulfon ka
raat ke paas kuchh javab nahin
zindagi dard se hui mahrum
mai-kada hai magar sharab nahin
mutrib-e-vaqt tere hathon men
kyon hai talvar aur rabab nahin
aadmi aadmi ka raziq hai
nazm-e-alam magar ḳharab nahin
haa.e ‘altaf’ vo hazin raten
jin ki qismat men mahtab nahin
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