mere sar men jo raat chakkar tha
us ke zaanu pe ghair ka sar tha
apne ghar un ko kya bulate ham
boriya bhi nahin mayassar tha
zabt-e-dil par bhi us ki mahfil men
apna rumal ashk se tar tha
jaan dene men soch kya karte
muflisi par bhi dil tavangar tha
ḳhub-o-zisht-e-jahan ka farq na puchh
maut jab aa.i sab barabar tha
aap jab tak na le chuke the dil
kuchh mizaj aur banda-parvar tha
hijr lahiq hua visal ke ba.ad
kya hi ulTa mira muqaddar tha
jaur-e-a.ada ki taab kya laata
dil-e-kam-baḳht naz-parvar tha
sohbat-e-hur se hui nafrat
main jo teri ada ka ḳhugar tha
hai ‘asar’ ya nahin ḳhuda jaane
sunte hain us ka haal abtar tha
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