har nafas par ye guman hai ki ḳhata ho jaise
umr yuun guzri ki jiine ki saza ho jaise
main ba-har-taur huun paband-e-shumar-e-anfas
saaz har haal men majbur-e-nava ho jaise
zindagi amr-e-mashiyyat hai magar kya kahiye
vo nadamat hai koi jurm kiya ho jaise
mujh ko har hadisa-e-asr hua yuun mahsus
mere hi dil ke dhaḌakne ki sada ho jaise
is tarah naaz hai daman-e-tahi par mujh ko
meri mahrumi bhi us ki hi ata ho jaise
ḳhanda-e-gul se bhi ehsas pe yuun choT lagi
mere hi chaak gareban pe hansa ho jaise
yuun nibard-azma har nafs-o-zamir aaj bhi hai
zindagi ma.arka-e-karb-o-bala ho jaise
arsa-e-zehn men yuun fikr hai laghzida ḳhiram
dasht-e-pur-ḳhar men ik abla-pa ho jaise
yuun miri ziist bhi bargashta hai mujh se ‘at.har’
kisi be-mehr ke daman ki hava ho jaise
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