chaman hai maqtal-e-naghma ab aur kya kahiye
bas ik sukut ka aalam jise nava kahiye
asir-e-band-e-zamana huun sahaban-e-chaman
miri taraf se gulon ko bahut dua kahiye
yahi hai ji men ki vo rafta-e-taghaful o naaz
kahin mile to vahi qissa-e-vafa kahiye
use bhi kyuun na phir apne dil-e-zabun ki tarah
kharab-e-kakul o avara-e-ada kahiye
ye ku-e-yar ye zindan ye farsh-e-mai-khana
inhen ham ahl-e-tamanna ke naqsh-e-pa kahiye
vo ek baat hai kahiye tulu-e-subh-e-nashat
ki tabish-e-badan o shola-e-hina kahiye
vo ek harf hai kahiye use hikayat-e-zulf
ki shikva-e-rasan o bandish-e-bala kahiye
rahe na aankh to kyuun dekhiye sitam ki taraf
kate zaban to kyuun harf-e-na-rava kahiye
pukariye kaf-e-qatil ko ab mualij-e-dil
badhe jo nakhun-e-khanjar girah-kusha kahiye
pade jo sang to kahiye use nivala-e-zar
lage jo zakhm badan par use qaba kahiye
fasana jabr ka yaron ki tarah kyuun ‘majruh’
maza to jab hai ki jo kahiye barmala kahiye
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