na vo nalon ki shorish hai na ghul hai ah-o-zari ka
vo ab pahla sa hangama nahin hai be-qarari ka
talab kaisi bulana kya vahan khud ja pahunchte hain
agar aalam yahi chande raha be-akhtyari ka
vahan vo naz-o-ishve se qadam gin gin ke rakhte hain
yahan is muntazir ka vaqt pahuncha dam-shumari ka
kabhi chashm-e-khumar-alud ki masti nahin dekhi
baja hai hazrat-e-naseh ko daava hoshiyari ka
bhala kya aisi roti shakl paas aa kar koi baithe
uthe akhir vo jhunjhla kar bura ho ashk-bari ka
ajab kya hai ki qasid bhuul jaae us ka le jaana
likhun jis naame men shikva tiri ghaflat-shiari ka
misal-e-nakhl dekha hai usi ko phulte-phalte
kiya jis shakhs ne hasil tariqa khaksari ka
har ik shai ka hai andaza magar payan nahin hargiz
tiri ghaflat-shiari ka miri ummid-vari ka
zi-bas ankhon men rangat chha rahi hai lala-o-gul ki
khizan men lutf aata hai hamen fasl-e-bahari ka
kabhi sar paanv par rakhna kabhi qurban kah uthna
hamen thoda sa dhab aata to hai matlab-barari ka
chhupa kal gosha-e-mai-khana men ‘majruh’ ne dekha
yunhi shohra suna tha shaikh ki parhez-gari ka
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