har harf-e-arzu pe kare tha vo yaar bahas
ek ek baat par thi use shab hazar bahas
laae hai khinch arzu-e-zakhm duur se
kaho vaar par na qatil khanjar-guzar bahas
hairat-zadon ko mahfil-e-tasvir ki tarah
ne hai shiar-e-ramz-o-kinaya na kar-e-bahas
ya zikr-e-dost ya hai zaban par hadis-e-ishq
juun ahl-e-madarsa nahin apna shiar bahas
takrar se dil apna jo manga kaha ki chal
milta hai koi ye na abas baar baar bahas
kiije agar gila to taraf-dar yaar ho
aap hi lagae mujh se dil-e-be-qarar bahas
‘mamnun’ mujhe nasihat-e-saib ye yaad hai
ta sulh mumkin ast makun zinhar bahas
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