tere aage yar-e-nau yar-e-kuhan donon hain ek
zagh-e-zisht aur tuti-e-shakkar-shikan donon hain ek
main siyah-baḳht aur raqib-e-ru-siyah ham-rang hain
qiir tere paas aur mushk-e-ḳhutan donon hain ek
naghma-kash kya dastan apni suna.e vaan jahan
surat-e-bulbul aur fariyad-e-zaghan donon hain ek
ho raqib-e-murda-shau par ho na kyuun raushan-bayan
yaan charagh-e-gor-o-sham-e-anjuman donon hain ek
‘lutf’ ki azad-vaz.i se maza kya ḳhaak uTha.en
yaan zaqum-e-dozaḳh o sarv-e-chaman donon hain ek
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