Poet Name: Nashtar Khaanqahi

bahut qarīb hai pat-jhaḌ kī rut palak na uThā zamīñ se aks uThā dhuup kī chamak na uThā ġhilāf-e-sañg meñ

mere badan kī aag hī jhulsā ga.ī mujhe dekhā jo aa.ina to hañsī aa ga.ī mujhe merī numūd kyā hai

dekhā nahīñ dekhe hue manzar ke sivā kuchh hāsil na huā sair-e-mukarrar ke sivā kuchh muddat se hai ma.amūra-e-bāzār-e-ġharībāñ ye

musāfir ḳhāna-e-imkāñ meñ bistar chhoḌ jaate the vo ham the jo charāġhoñ ko munavvar chhoḌ jaate the sabhī ko agle

chup the bargad ḳhushk mausam kā gilā karte na the chal rahī thiiñ āñdhiyāñ patte sadā karte na the ham

ruḳh pe bhūlī huī pahchān kā Dar to aayā kam se kam bhiiḌ meñ ik shaḳhs nazar to aayā na

khiḌkiyāñ mat khol jins-e-jāñ uThā le jā.egā ghar ke ghar ko shahr kā relā bahā le jā.egā sab namak ehsās

kyā ḳhabar hai na mile phir koī shīsha aisā ḳhud ko chhūte hue Dartā huuñ shikasta aisā sabza-e-lams pe baḌhtā

dhajjī dhajjī jubba-o-dastār hote dekhnā ‘mīr’ ko be-āshiqī bhī ḳhvār hote dekhnā kasrat-e-dānishvarāñ ko qaht-e-dānish jānñā vus.atoñ ko dasht kī

qahr thā hijrat meñ ḳhud ko be-amāñ karnā tirā dasht-e-nāmahfūz aur us meñ makāñ karnā tirā is kahānī meñ mirā