parde miri nigah ke bhi darmiyan na the
kya kahiye un ke jalve kahan the kahan na the
jis raste se le ga.i thi mujh ko be-ḳhudi
us raah men kisi ke qadam ke nishan na the
raz-ashna hai meri nazar ya phir aa.ina
varna vo apne husn ke ḳhud raz-dan na the
kuchh be-sada se lafz nazar kah ga.i zarur
maana lab-e-ḳhamosh rahin-e-bayan na the
aa.e to yuun ki jaise hamesha the mehrban
bhule to yuun ki jaise kabhi mehrban na the
‘ashraf’ fareb-e-zist hai kab imtihan se kam
is ke siva to aur yahan imtihan na the
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