bana husn-e-takallum husn-e-zan ahista ahista
bahar-surat khula ik kam-suḳhan ahista ahista
musafir raah men hai shaam gahri hoti jaati hai
sulagta hai tiri yadon ka ban ahista ahista
dhuan dil se uThe chehre tak aa.e nuur ho jaa.e
baḌi mushkil se aata hai ye fan ahista ahista
abhi to sang-e-tiflan ka hadaf banna hai kuchon men
ki raas aata hai ye divana-pan ahista ahista
abhi to imtihan-e-abla-pa hai bayaban men
banenge kunj-e-gul dasht-o-daman ahista ahista
abhi kyunkar kahun zer-e-naqab-e-surmagin kya hai
badalta hai zamane ka chalan ahista ahista
men ahl-e-anjuman ki ḳhalvat-e-dil ka mughanni huun
mujhe pahchan legi anjuman ahista ahista
dil-e-har-sang goya sham-e-mehrab-e-tamanna hai
asar karti hai zarb-e-kohkan ahista ahista
kisi kafir ki shoḳhi ne kahlava.i ghazal mujh se
khulega ‘shaz’ ab rang-e-suḳhan ahista ahista
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