pyaas har zarra-e-sahra ki bujha.i ga.i hai
tab kahin ja ke miri abla-pa.i ga.i hai
qaid men rakkhi ga.i hai kahin titli koi
koi ḳhushbu kahin bazar men laa.i ga.i hai
kya bhala apni sama.at men ghule koi miThas
vaqt ke honTon se kab talḳh-nava.i ga.i hai
kis ki tanvir se jal uTThe basirat ke charagh
kis ki tasvir ye ankhon se laga.i ga.i hai
ho ga.i ja ke shafaq-rangi-e-afaq men zam
kaf-e-doshiza-e-dil se jo hina.i ga.i hai
uTh ai barbad-e-tamanna ki na.i ḳhvab–kaniz
haram-e-chashm men phir raqs ko laa.i ga.i hai
vaqt aisa bhi to aaya hai junun par ‘sarim’
nok-e-mizhgan se talvar uTha.i ga.i hai
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