hayat insan ki sar ta pa zaban malum hoti hai
ye duniya inqilab-e-asman malum hoti hai
mukaddar hai ḳhizan ke ḳhuun se aish-e-bahar-e-gul
ḳhizan ki rut bahar-e-be-ḳhizan malum hoti hai
mujhe nakami-e-paiham se mayusi nahin hoti
abhi ummid meri naujavan malum hoti hai
koi jab naala karta hai kaleja thaam leta huun
fughan-e-ghair bhi apni fughan malum hoti hai
ma.al-e-dard-o-gham dekho sada-e-saz-e-ishrat bhi
utar jaati hai jab dil men fughan malum hoti hai
chaman men andalib-e-zar ki fariyad ai ‘aḳhtar’
dil-e-nadan ko apni dastan malum hoti hai
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