dil se puchho kya hua tha aur kyuun ḳhamosh tha
aankh mahv-e-did thi itna mujhe bas hosh tha
vo bhi kya tasir thi jis ne hila.e sab ke dil
kya bata.un vo mira hi nala-e-pur-josh tha
mahfil-e-saqi men tha kuchh aur hi maston ka rang
koi saghar DhunDhta tha aur koi behosh tha
kya ajab hai ja.eza le mai-paraston ka koi
yaad rakhna saqiya mujh sa bhi ik mai-nosh tha
kya samajh sakta tha koi tere divane ki chup
jab kisi ne us se kuchh puchha to bas ḳhamosh tha
be-ḳhudi se nashsha-e-jam-e-ḳhudi utra to phir
ek hi saghar mila aisa ki main mad.hosh tha
ik hamin ko saqiya puchha na tu ne daur main
varna mai-ḳhane men tere shor nosha-nosh tha
kis qadar tha ishtiyaq-e-manzil-e-maqsud use
marne vaale ka janaza aaj dosha-dosh tha
zindagi-bhar ke gunahon se ye thi sharam ai ajal
tarik-e-hasti yahan se jab chala ru-posh tha
ghunche kyuun ḳhamosh aa.e gulshan-e-hasti men ‘shauq’
mausam-e-gul se magar ḳhauf-e-ḳhizan ham-dosh tha
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