be-qana.at qafile hirs-o-hava oḌhe hue
manzilen bhi kyuun na hon phir fasla oḌhe hue
is qadar ḳhilqat magar hai maut ko fursat bahut
har bashar hai aaj ḳhud apni qaza oḌhe hue
un ke batin men mila shaitan hi masnad-nashin
jo ba-zahir the bahut nam-e-ḳhuda oḌhe hue
kya kare koi kisi se pursish-e-ahval bhi
aaj sab hain apni apni karbala oḌhe hue
kya ḳhabar kis moḌ par bikhre mata-e-ehtiyat
pattharon ke shahr men huun a.ina oḌhe hue
sab dilase us ke jhuTe us ke sab vaade fareb
kab tak aḳhir ham rahen sabr-o-raza oḌhe hue
kyuun tazabzub men na hon is daur ke ahl-e-nazar
gumrahi hai agahi ka falsafa oḌhe hue
ungliyan majruh ho ja.engi rahna duur duur
ḳhaar bhi hain in dinon gul ki rida oḌhe hue
Dhaal us ki ban ga.i hai sab balaon ke ḳhilaf
ghar se jo nikla buzurgon ki dua oḌhe hue
baḳhshishon se jis ki ḳhaas o aam sab the faiz-yab
ham bhi the us bazm men lekin ana oḌhe hue
fasl-e-gul aa.i to virane bhi mahke har taraf
aaj ḳhud ḳhushbu ko thi bad-e-saba oḌhe hue
ik zamin hi tang kya thi us se jab bichhḌe ‘zafar’
asman bhi tha ghazab-parvar ghaTa oḌhe hue
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