hai mashq-e-sukhan jaari chakki ki mashaqqat bhi
ik turfa tamasha hai ‘hasrat’ ki tabiat bhi
jo chaho saza de lo tum aur bhi khul khelo
par ham se qasam le lo ki ho jo shikayat bhi
dushvar hai rindon par inkar-e-karam yaksar
ai saqi-e-jan-parvar kuchh lutf-o-inayat bhi
dil bas-ki hai divana us husn-e-gulabi ka
rangin hai usi ru se shayad gham-e-furqat bhi
khud ishq ki gustakhi sab tujh ko sikha degi
ai husn-e-haya-parvar shokhi bhi shararat bhi
barsat ke aate hi tauba na rahi baaqi
badal jo nazar aae badli meri niyat bhi
ushshaq ke dil nazuk us shokh ki khu nazuk
nazuk isi nisbat se hai kar-e-mohabbat bhi
rakhte hain mire dil par kyuun tohmat-e-betabi
yaan nala-e-muztar ki jab mujh men ho quvvat bhi
ai shauq ki bebaki vo kya teri khvahish thi
jis par unhen ghussa hai inkar bhi hairat bhi
har-chand hai dil shaida hurriyat-e-kamil ka
manzur-e-dua lekin hai qaid-e-mohabbat bhi
hain ‘shad’ o ‘safi’ shair ya ‘shauq’ o ‘vafa’ ‘hasrat’
phir ‘zamin’ o ‘mahshar’ hain ‘iqbal’ bhi ‘vahshat’ bhi
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