qissa-e-husn nahin ishq ki rudad nahin
haif ye bazm tire zikr se abad nahin
morid-e-ranj-o-alam kushta-e-bedad nahin
vaa.e bar-aish jahan mujh ko ḳhuda yaad nahin
ham-safiran-e-chaman vaah ye pursish ye karam
ab mujhe shikva-e-be-mehri-e-sayyad nahin
main huun nashad-e-azal ḳhair magar hairat hai
ishrat-abad-e-jahan men bhi koi shaad nahin
qissa-e-jaur-e-falak shikva-e-ayyam-e-zubun
ek afsana hai jis ki koi buniyad nahin
sarfaroshan-e-mohabbat pe ḳhuda ki rahmat
mudda.i sab hain magar ek bhi fariyad nahin
vaah ai manzar-e-ḳhush-vaqti-e-manzil qurban
dasht-e-ghurbat ki masa.ib bhi mujhe yaad nahin
main ḳhatavar magar tere karam ke qurban
ek majbur to yuun mustahiq-e-dad nahin
‘raz’ ye nama-e-ahsan ye payam-e-izzat
vaa.e taqdir ki main aaj bhi azad nahin
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