ek kitab sirhane rakh di ek charagh sitara kiya
malik is tanha.i men tu ne kitna ḳhayal hamara kiya
ye to bas ik koshish si thi pahle pyaar men rahne ki
sach puchho to ham logon men kis ne ishq dobara kiya
chand adhure kamon ne kuchh vaqt girafta logon ne
din purze purze kar Daala raat ko paara paara kiya
dil ko ik surat bhaa.i thi is amboh men par ham ne
jaane is afra-tafri men kis ki samt ishara kiya
sar par taaj ki surat dhar di us ne indhan ki gaThri
ishq ne kaise ḳhush-qismat ko shaah se lakaḌhara kiya
sardi ki aamad thi lekin savan ki rut lauT aa.i
bujhte bujhte ik vahshat men aankh ne ranj dobara kiya
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