kya-kya na samne se zamane guzar ga.e
ik gham hamare saath raha ham jidhar ga.e
aa ja ki ab to tab-e-shakeba.i bhi nahin
ai dost tujh ko dekhe zamane guzar ga.e
kin hadson ke darmiyan jiina paḌa mujhe
dekhe the jitne ḳhvab suhane bikhar ga.e
ham se to tera gham bhi chhupaya na ja saka
lab si liye to palkon pe aansu Thahar ga.e
vo doston ke dost vo ghairon ke gham-gusar
vo pur-ḳhulus log na jaane kidhar ga.e
sunte hain din shabab ke jan-e-hayat men
lekin vo sub.h-o-sham jo rote guzar ga.e
ifrat-e-gham hi ek nahin maut ka sabab
fart-e-ḳhushi se bhi to ka.i log mar ga.e
ai yad-e-yar aa ki kami dard-e-dil men hai
ai chashm-e-yar dekh ka.i zaḳhm bhar ga.e
dil bhi hai zaḳhm-zaḳhm jigar bhi lahu-lahu
tir-e-nigah-e-yar kahan tak utar ga.e
‘nusrat’ vo is se pahle to itne hasin na the
aa kar miri nigah men jitne sanvar ga.e
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