jaise jaise ḳhud-navisht-e-dostan paḌhte ga.e
dushmanon ke baab men kuchh-kuchh varaq jhuTe lage
ḳhush-yaqin huun mere andar koi hai mahv-e-kalam
main faqat do honT huun jo bhi kahe vo hi kahe
kya bharosa pattharon men Duub jaa.e abshar
saans men jhakkaḌ chale kab jism ka tuuda Dhahe
regzar-e-sharq men ab juue ḳhuun hai tez-gam
vo ababilen kahan hain jin se sail-e-gham thame
halki-halki barishon ki jhalron ki oT men
surmagin kohsar ke kafir nazare kya hue
kaun sa rishta hamare dil ko chhuta sa laga
ye samajhna tha na mushkil garche ham anjan the
ahd-e-adam se rahe hain dushman-e-iman ‘shahab’
pur-kashish ruḳhsar do aur nain do jaadu bhare
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