Poet Name: Ain Tabish

mujh ko na-karda gunah ka mo’tarif hona paḌa rasm aisi thi ki ḳhud se munharif hona paḌa koi bhi mujh

avara bhaTakta raha paigham kisi ka maktub kisi aur ka tha naam kisi ka hai ek hi lamha jo kahin

ghubar-e-jahan men chhupe ba-kamalon ki saf dekhta huun main ahd-e-guzishta ke ashuftagan ki taraf dekhta huun main sar ko chhupane

pyaas baḌhti hui ta-hadd-e-nazar paani tha ru-ba-ru kaisa ajab manzar-e-hairani tha rasta band tha aur shauq-e-safar tha baaqi ek afsana

hayat-e-soḳhta-saman ik isti.ara-e-sham chamak chamak ke bujha hai koi sitara-e-sham kisi ko faeda-e-sham-e-ḳhush-ḳhisal mila kisi ke hisse men likkha gaya

tabish ye bhala kaun si rut aai hai jaani sahra men koi reg na dariya men hai paani ḳhalvat-kada-e-dil pe

vahi junun ki soḳhta-jani vahi fusun afsanon ka uḌa uḌa sa bujha bujha sa rang vahi divanon ka dariya to

kaise afsun the vahan kaise fasane the udhar zindagi tujh se ta.alluq ke bahane the udhar kya ajab ḳhvab ke

yahan ke rang baḌe dil-pazir hue hain dayar-e-ishq ke hakim faqir hote hain har ek dil men to ye barchhiyan

qissa-e-ḳhvab huun hasil nahin koi mera aisa maqtul ki qatil nahin koi mera hai bapa mujh men ajab ma.arka-e-sud-o-ziyan is