panch din ko jo yahan par aa gaya
misl-e-gul do roz men kumhla gaya
zindagi phusla ke le aa.i mujhe
kaun zalim us jagah bahla gaya
kyuun chhuTa kar ek adam ke aish ko
dusra koi adam dikhla gaya
hasti-e-mauhum par jo ghaur ki
dosto be-tarah ji ghabra gaya
peshtar marne se marna ḳhuub hai
jo ki ye samjhao vahi kuchh pa gaya
aah is dil ne na maani ek baat
naseha sau tarah se samjha gaya
”ahl-e-duniya kafiran-e-mutlaq-and”
masnavi-e-rum ye farma gaya
zaq-zaq-o-baq-baq ko ab tu chhoḌ de
tiflagi barna ka sab jhagḌa gaya
sheb aaya ab to ‘afridi’ samajh
kya bharosa dam ka hai aaya gaya
kuchh khila le kha le le jaana nahin
jo gaya hai yaan se so tanha gaya
kaun hai vo faqir-o-badshah
jo kaf-e-afsos nahin malta gaya
hasrat-o-ranj-o-alam gham ke siva
koi yaan se vaan ke ta.iin le kya gaya
‘afridi’ yaan sada rahna nahin
jo gaya hai vo yahi kahta gaya
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