dil ki ara.ish-e-alam ka tamasha dekhe
gar kabhi ḳhud pe nazar jaa.e to sahra dekhe
aankh vo aankh jo har qatre men dariya dekhe
tu magar samne aa jaa.e to phir kya dekhe
ḳhvab men ho to ye dil dekhe tiri diid ke ḳhvab
ḳhvab se jaage to ik ḳhvab si duniya dekhe
jo samajhta hai ki khul jaata hai fariyad se baḳht
su-e-aflak kabhi haath vo phaila dekhe
ibtila men hain sabhi rah-rav-e-manzil-e-shauq
kis ko fursat ki mire paanv ka kanTa dekhe
‘arsh’ agar lafz-o-ma.ani ke ho tum paighambar
ek tasvir bana jaao ki duniya dekhe
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