main bikhar na ja.un varaq varaq mujhe taq-e-dil men saja.iye
mira harf harf hai be-baha mujhe is tarah na miTa.iye
hai kuduraton ke hisar men ye mohabbaton ka hasin nagar
ye dayar-e-ab-e-hayat hai ise sam-kada na bana.iye
koi aks tak na Thahar saka miri chashm-e-fikr-o-ḳhayal men
abhi ajnabi se hain ḳhal-o-ḳhad mujhe aa.ina na dikha.iye
pas-e-zulm aap ki baḳhshishen ye inayaten ye saḳhvaten
koi maang baiThe na ḳhun-baha ye lahu ke daagh chhupa.iye
ho dilon men husn-e-qalandari ho zaban pe na.ara-e-sarmadi
jo hila de taḳht-e-sikandari vahi kaj-kulahi dikha.iye
hai ḳhizan ki zad pe abhi talak ruḳh-e-‘sumbul’ dil-e-yasmin
abhi intizar ka vaqt hai abhi jashn-e-gul na mana.iye
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