idhar maail kahan vo mah-jabin hai
falak ko mujh se kyuun parkhash-o-kin hai
na dekha apne bismil ka tamasha
qarib aa kar vo kitna dur-bin hai
ye achchha hai to achchha ghair ko bhi
satao aur puchho kyuun ghamin hai
hamen surat dikhae kya tamanna
ki ashiq jis ke hain parda-nashin hai
ye mujh se shikva hai allah re shokhi
ki mere gham se tu andoh-gin hai
ye kaisa tafraqa hijran ne daala
kahen kya ham kahin hain dil kahin hai
na puchho ‘shefta’ ka haal sahab
ye halat hai ki apne men nahin hai
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