baaqi jahan men qais na farhad rah gaya
afsana ashiqon ka faqat yaad rah gaya
ye sakht-jan to qatl se nashad rah gaya
khanjar chala to bazu-e-jallad rah gaya
pabandiyon ne ishq ki bekas rakha mujhe
main sau asiriyon men bhi azad rah gaya
chashm-e-sanam ne yuun to bigade hazar ghar
ik kaaba chand roz ko abad rah gaya
mahshar men ja-e-shikva kiya shukr yaar ka
jo bhulna tha mujh ko vahi yaad rah gaya
un ki to ban padi ki lagi jaan muft haath
teri girah men kya dil-e-nashad rah gaya
pur-nur ho rahega ye zulmat-kada agar
dil men buton ka shauq-e-khuda-dad rah gaya
yuun aankh un ki kar ke ishara palat gai
goya ki lab se ho ke kuchh irshad rah gaya
naseh ka ji chala tha hamari tarah magar
ulfat ki dekh dekh ke uftad rah gaya
hain tere dil men sab ke thikane bure bhale
main khanaman-kharab hi barbad rah gaya
vo din gae ki thi mire siine men kuchh kharash
ab dil kahan hai dil ka nishan yaad rah gaya
surat ko teri dekh ke khinchti hai jan-e-khalq
dil apna thaam thaam ke bahzad rah gaya
ai ‘dagh’ dil hi dil men ghule zabt-e-ishq se
afsos shauq-e-nal-o-fariyad rah gaya
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