fikr men Duube the sab aur ba-hunar koi na tha
zindagi ki shaḳh par puḳhta samar koi na tha
ga rahe the apni apni dhun men sab ghazlen magar
‘mir’-o-‘ghalib’ ‘dagh’-o-‘hasrat’ ya ‘jigar’ koi na tha
rat-bhar zulmat men lipTi bastiyan kahti rahin
chand taare kahkashan jugnu qamar koi na tha
dekhne men yuun ba-zahir sab hamare saath the
jab saron par dhuup aa.i ham-safar koi na tha
ḳhuun ke rishton ki garmi sard thi charon taraf
sab tasalli de rahe the charagar koi na tha
rind-o-zahid shaiḳh-o-sufi sab ke sab tishna hi the
kis ko dete mai-kada jab mo’atabar koi na tha
phir ye socha likh hi bhejun hal-e-dil us ko magar
uḌ chuke the sab kabutar nama-bar koi na tha
zindagi-bhar bhigti palken thiin us ki muntazir
ham se baḌh kar ḳhud se ‘zakir’ be-ḳhabar koi na tha
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