nazar hairat-zada si hai qadam bahke hue se hain
shabab aaya hai un par aur ham bahke hue se hain
abhi un ke karam ki baat apne husn-e-zan tak hai
magar ummid-varan-e-karam bahke hue se hain
vafa ke silsile men ho hi jaati hai ghalat-fahmi
vo bahka.e ga.e se hain na ham bahke hue se hain
baḌe zi-hosh bante the mai-e-ishrat ke matvale
hua hai jab se kuchh ehsas-e-gham bahke hue se hain
unhen a.ina-ruḳh kahiye unhin ke samne ja kar
ye andaza to hota hai ki ham bahke hue se hain
kaha karte the ham akasr ki rah-e-zindagi hai kya
jo ab dekhe hain us ke pech-o-ḳham bahke hue se hain
miri duniya hai ye ahl-e-junun kya hosh vaale kya
miri duniya men sab hi besh-o-kam bahke hue se hain
ḳhuda rakkhe chale hain manzil-e-janan ko sar karne
vo dekho na yahin jin ke qadam bahke hue se hain
har ik ne mujh ko divana hi Thahraya hai ai ‘mahshar’
sabhi qissa-nigaron ke qalam bahke hue se hain
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