sarv-qad lala-rukh o ghuncha-dahan yaad aaya
phir bahar aai mujhe lutf-e-chaman yaad aaya
go ki thi saltanat-e-misr magar akhir-e-kar
is hukumat pe bhi yusuf ko vatan yaad aaya
rag-e-gul par hai kabhi aur kabhi ghunche pe nigah
baagh men kis ki kamar kis ka dahan yaad aaya
safar-e-mulk-e-adam ki hui aisi ujlat
zad-e-rah kuchh na ba-juz gor-o-kafan yaad aaya
sohbat-e-lala-rukhan ahd-e-shabab-o-shab-e-vasl
mai-e-kohna jo mili dagh-e-kuhan yaad aaya
jab se aaya hai nazar ye tira husn-e-be-dagh
kabk ko maah na bulbul ko chaman yaad aaya
tere saudai ko phir josh hua vahshat ka
qaidi-e-zulf ko phir tauq-o-rasan yaad aaya
paan kha kar jo ugaal aap ne thuka sahab
jauhari mahv hue laal-e-yaman yaad aaya
baad muddat ke talab aap ne bande ko kiya
shukr-sad-shukr main ai mushfiq-e-man yaad aaya
fasl-e-gul aate hi ‘agha’ ne bhi vahshat ki li
kaisi ye chaal chala kis ka chalan yaad aaya
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