gul-pairahan rahe ki darida-qaba rahe
jis haal men rahe tira naqsh-e-baqa rahe
ham to tamam umr tiri hi ada rahe
ye kya hua ki phir bhi hamin bevafa rahe
chahi jo tu ne baat vahi baat ham ne ki
teri zaban bane tire dil ki sada rahe
tu saath saath tha to ḳhuda.i bhi saath thi
apni rafaqaton ke nishan ja-ba-ja rahe
tujh ko bhula ke bhi na tujhe ham bhala sake
na-ashna vo the ki jahan ashna rahe
sab dekhte the phir bhi koi dekhta na tha
sab ke liye rasa the magar na-rasa rahe
lab par ho shikva-rez tabassum bujha hua
dil men magar kisi ki mohabbat siva rahe
tasvir ki tarah tiri surat ho ru-ba-ru
tasvir ban ke koi tujhe dekhta rahe
dil tang ho to vus.at-e-alam bhi tang-tar
duniya bahut khuli hai agar dil men ja rahe
lagte hi aankh raat ke hangame so ga.e
jaage the jitni der qayamat bapa rahe
phulon ne ja ke sej saja.i tamam raat
kanTe chaman ke sab mire daman men aa rahe
ye jashn-e-na-ḳhuda hai ki maujon ka raqs hai
kashti ho gharq-e-ab magar na-ḳhuda rahe
kahne ko ek lafz mire paas hai ‘jamil’
jab le uḌe vo baat mire paas kya rahe
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