na kuredun ishq ke raaz ko mujhe ehtiyat-e-kalam hai
mira zauq itna buland hai jahan aarzu bhi haram hai
faqat ek rishta-e-mushtarak ḳhalish-e-sukut-e-kalam hai
yunhi ik zamana guzar gaya na payam hai na salam hai
jo charagh-e-ashk nasib the vahi sabr kar ke jala diye
vahi kafirana siyahiyan ye vahi bujhi hui shaam hai
abhi rakkha rahne do taaq par yunhi aftab ka aa.ina
ki abhi to meri nigah men vahi mera mah-e-tamam hai
mira har nafas miri har nazar hai raza-e-ghair pe munhasir
jo isi ka naam hayat hai to hayat marg-e-davam hai
yahi mai-kada ka ḳhulasa hai yahi mastiyon ka nichoḌ bhi
tiri chashm-e-bada-farosh men ye jo ek kaif-e-tamam hai
miri hasraton ka na ḳhuun kar nahin yuun na rok miri zaban
miri sard aah pe shak na kar ye to mera husn-e-kalam hai
baḌi dil-ḳharash sada thi vo ki bina-e-mai-kada hil ga.i
ye shikast-e-tauba hai dekhta ki shikasta-e-shisha-o-jam hai
hai vahi fareb-e-dil-o-nazar abhi karobar-e-hayat men
vahi ek laghzish-e-ḳhuld hai jo yahan bhi gam-ba-gam hai
zara dekhna to azaan ka bhi ‘siraj’ vaqt nahin raha
ye tulu-e-mahr hai ya vahi kaf-e-gul-farosh pe jaam hai
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