bijli ki zad men ek mira ashiyan nahin
vo kaun si zamin hai jahan asman nahin
bulbul ko gham hai gul ke nigahban nahin rahe
gulchin hai ḳhush ki ab koi daman-kashan nahin
manzil ka milna zauq-e-tajassus ki maut hai
achchha hai jo hayat miri kamran nahin
chashm-e-karam nahin nigah-e-ḳhashmagin to hai
na-mehrban to hain vo agar mehrban nahin
vo apni apni tarz-e-takallum ki baat hai
gul mahv-e-guftugu hain go munh men zaban nahin
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