Meer Naqi Ali Khan Saqib
manzil na koi moḌ na rasta dikha.i de
aalam tamam dhund men lipTa dikha.i de
qatil dikha.i de na masiha dikha.i de
har shaḳhs ik fareb-e-tamasha dikha.i de
vaise to zindagi hai ujalon ka shahr bhi
dekho to maqbaron ka andhera dikha.i de
ja.un udhar to ek samundar hai be-karan
dekho idhar to pyaas ka sahra dikha.i de
rangin hai qatl-e-gul se abhi daman-e-bahar
dast-e-havas se ḳhuun Tapakta dikha.i de
tahtush-shu.ur men hai jo ik lamha-e-ḳhyal
lafzon ki siḌhiyon se utarta dikha.i de
sunta huun sa.aton men nigar-e-sahar ki chaap
manzar naqab-e-sham ulaTta dikha.i de
DhunDo kisi hasin ḳharabe men zindagi
ye dil to sadhuon ka basera dikha.i de
arz-e-dakan men baat chali hai kuchh is tarah
‘saqib’ dayar-e-sher men tanha dikha.i de
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