lutf-saman itab-e-yar bhi hai
mahram-e-ishq sharmsar bhi hai
sust-paiman o be-niyaz sahi
husn tasvir-e-intizar bhi hai
kya kare vo nigah-e-lutf ki ishq
shadman bhi hai sogvar bhi hai
gulshan-e-ishq huun khizan meri
vajh-e-rangini-e-bahar bhi hai
uqda-e-ishq ko na tu samjha
yahi uqda kushud-e-kar bhi hai
apni taqdir apne haath men le
shamil-e-jabr ikhtiyar bhi hai
aap apna chadhav apna utaar
zindagi nashsha hai khumar bhi hai
un nigahon men hai shikayat si
ishq shayad jafa-shiar bhi hai
dil se hai duur bhi nigah tiri
dil ke andar hai dil ke paar bhi hai
sar-ba-sar gharq-e-nur ho lekin
zindagi iktisab-e-nar bhi hai
kaun targhib-e-hosh de ki junun
be-khabar bhi hai hoshiyar bhi hai
khalvat-e-husn-o-ishq bhi hai udaas
sard kuchh bazm-e-rozgar bhi hai
raaz us aankh ka nahin khulta
dil shakeba bhi be-qarar bhi hai
khud tujhe bhi hui na jin ki khabar
un jafaon ka kuchh shumar bhi hai
is men lakhon nizam-e-shamsi hain
yuun to dil tira-rozgar bhi hai
is ki zau us ki garmiyan mat puchh
zindagi nuur bhi hai naar bhi hai
ishq-e-hijran-nasib ka bhi hai dhyan
tire vaade ka e’tibar bhi hai
ishq hi se hain manzilen abad
karvan karvan pukar bhi hai
koi samjha use na dekh saka
nigah-e-shokh sharmsar bhi hai
us se chhut kar ye sochta huun ‘firaq’
is men kuchh apna ikhtiyar bhi hai
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