rang-e-dil rang-e-nazar yaad aaya
tere jalvon ka asar yaad aaya
vo nazar ban ga.i paigham-e-hayat
halqa-e-sham-o-sahar yaad aaya
ye zamana ye dil-e-divana
rishta-e-sang-o-guhar yaad aaya
ye naya shahr ye raushan rahen
apna andaz-e-safar yaad aaya
raah ka ruup bani dhuup apni
koi saaya na shajar yaad aaya
kab na us shahr men patthar barse
kab na us shahr men sar yaad aaya
ghar men tha dasht-navardi ka ḳhayal
dasht men aa.e to ghar yaad aaya
gard uḌti hai sar-e-rah-e-ḳhayal
dil-e-nadan ka safar yaad aaya
ek hansti hui badli dekhi
ek jalta hua ghar yaad aaya
is tarah shaam ke saa.e phaile
raat ka pichhla pahar yaad aaya
phir chale ghar se tamasha ban kar
phir tira rauzan-e-dar yaad aaya
kisi patthar ki haqiqat hi kya
dil ka a.ina magar yaad aaya
aanch daman-e-saba se aa.i
e.atibar-e-gul-e-tar yaad aaya
dil jala dhuup men aisa ab ke
paanv yaad aa.e na sar yaad aaya
gar paḌe haath se kaghaz ‘baqi’
apni mehnat ka samar yaad aaya
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