daulat mili jahan ki nam-o-nishan mile
sab kuchh mila hamen na magar mehrban mile
pahle bhi jaise dekh chuke hon unhen kahin
anjan vadiyon men kuchh aise nishan mile
baḌhta gaya main manzil-e-mahbub ki taraf
haa.il agarche raah men sang-e-garan mile
rona paḌa nasib ke hathon hazar baar
ik baar muskura ke jo tum mehrban mile
ham ko ḳhushi mili bhi to bas aarzi mili
lekin jo gham mile vo gham-e-javedan mile
baaqi rahegi hashr tak un ke karam ki yaad
mujh ko rah-e-hayat men jo mehrban mile
phir kyuun kare talash koi aur astan
vo ḳhush-nasib jis ko tira astan mile
ahl-e-sitam ki dil-shikani ka sabab hua
dil ka ye hausla ki gham be-karan mile
saaqi ki ik nigah se kaaya palaT ga.i
zahid jo mai-kade men mile naujavan mile
dair-o-haram ke log bhi darman na kar sake
vo bhi asir-e-kashmakash-e-in-o-an mile
nazren talash karti rahin jin ko umr-bhar
‘darshan’ ko vo sukun ke lamhe kahan mile
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