dil ye kahta hai ki milne ki koi baat kare
koi to aa.e jo tajdid-e-mulaqat kare
hai bahut tira-sifat chadar-e-ḳhurshid yahan
din ko aghosh men bhar le to use raat kare
yaad hai harf-e-dua bahr-e-munajat magar
roz-o-shab us ke liye kaun munajat kare
us ke jaane pe to ḳhamosh rahegi ye zaban
dil ka malum nahin kitne savalat kare
rashk aata hai bahut us ki maharat pe mujhe
meri har jiit ko vo shoḳh-ada maat kare
ḳhvab ta.abir-e-haqiqat men badal jaa.e agar
shab-gazida hi sahi phir bhi karamat kare
har kiran kitni siyah-baḳht nazar aane lage
tirgi jab bhi kabhi raushni ki baat kare
roz karta hai vo ghairon se mulaqat abas
us se kah do ki vo ab ḳhud se mulaqat kare
mai-kada achchha subu achchhe magar phir bhi ‘shakil’
zindagi kaise koi nazr-e-ḳharabat kare
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