mil chuka mahfil men ab lutf-e-shakeba.i mujhe
khinchti hai apni janib teri angḌa.i mujhe
ba.ad marne ke jo hasil hogi rusva.i mujhe
zindagi kya soch kar duniya men tu laa.i mujhe
ishq men yuun husn ki surat nazar aa.i mujhe
vo tamasha ban ga.e kah kar tamasha.i mujhe
ḳhud pukar uThta junun takmil-e-vahshat ho ga.i
vo samajh lete jo dil men apna sauda.i mujhe
ho gaya kohram barpa ḳhana-e-sayyad men
baiThe baiThe ashiyan ki yaad jab aa.i mujhe
kal tha main ka.abe men maujud aaj but-ḳhane men huun
chain deta hi nahin shauq jabin-sa.i mujhe
aa.ina bhi tha koi kya zindagi ka aa.ina
dekhne par maut ki surat nazar aa.i mujhe
zindagi ki kashmakash se dast-kash hona paḌa
naza.a men yaad aa ga.i jab un ki angḌa.i mujhe
khul ga.i chashm-e-basirat ḳhaak men milne ke ba.ad
dil ke har zarre men ik duniya nazar aa.i mujhe
hazrat-e-‘bismil’ ye achchhi dil ko sujhi dil-lagi
kar diya shamshir-e-qatil ka tamanna.i mujhe
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