ik qafila hai bin tire ham-rah safar men
ashk aankh men hai dil men hai daagh aah jigar men
aram mujhe bin tire ik pal nahin ghar men
juun mardumak-e-dida huun din raat safar men
phirta hai vo gul-posh mire dida-e-tar men
hai shoala-e-javvala ki tasvir bhanvar men
surakh yahan surat-e-favvara hain sar men
dikhlaun tamasha jo mujhe chhod de ghar men
rashk aae na kyuun mujh ko ki tu dekh zar-o-sim
rakhta hai qadam palla-e-khurshid-o-qamar men
main in dur-e-shahvar ke ashkon se idhar aa
taulunga bitha kar tujhe hairan nazar men
aa dekh na hans hans ke rula mujh ko sitamgar
ik nuuh ka tufan hai mire dida-e-tar men
aks-e-lab-e-pan-khurda se dandan hain tire surkh
ya atish-e-yaqut hai ye ab-e-guhar men
baaz aao shikar-afgani se haath uthao
bhale ko miyan kis liye rakhte ho kamar men
rahti hai baham zulf bana gosh se tere
kuchh farq nahin hai sar-e-mu sham-o-sahar men
hai is men raqam hal-e-siyah-bakhti-e-ashiq
ye naama koi bandh do ab zaagh ke par men
ye bhi koi insaf hai ai khana-kharab aah
auron ko to le jaae hai tu din diye ghar men
aur ham jo hain so dekhne ko bhi tire tarsen
divar men rakhna hai na surakh hai dar men
kis vajh ‘nasir’ us lab-e-shirin pe na ho khaal
hota vatan-e-mor to hai tang shakar men
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