bastiyan lutti hain khvabon ke nagar jalte hain
ham vahan hain ki jahan sham-o-sahar jalte hain
dil ke aivan men afsurda charaghon ka dhuan
duur kuchh duur vo yadon ke khandar jalte hain
phir kisi manzil-e-jan-soz ki janib hain ravan
chob-e-sahra ki tarah ahl-e-safar jalte hain
yuun to pur-amn hai ab shahr-e-sitamgar lekin
kuchh makan khud hi sar-e-rahguzar jalte hain
hai ba-zahir koi shoala na chamak aur sharar
ham kisi gham men ba-andaz-e-digar jalte hain
atish-e-talkhi-e-halat men kya kuchh na jala
ab gila kya hai jo ehsas ke par jalte hain
go ho barfab bhi taskin hai dushvar ‘sahar’
apni hi aag men arbab-e-hunar jalte hain
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