tere dar se main utha lekin na mera dil utha
chhod kar ho jis tarah kaasa koi saail utha
qais kya jaane ki mera dekhna manzur tha
khud-bakhud ho jab hava se parda-e-mahmil utha
girye ne pahle hi apna kar rakha tha bandobast
main utha bhi vaan se chalne ko to pa-dar-gil utha
bosa-e-ariz mujhe dete hue darta hai kyuun
lunga kya nok-e-zaban se tiri rukh ka til utha
jab utha khanjar na us se is ada par mar gae
ham se bhi goya na bar-e-minnat-e-qatil utha
shikva-e-bar-e-gham-e-hijran hai khat men mundaraj
nama-bar kab ho ke mere naami ka haail utha
ghair ne aa kar nahin ki gudgudi gar khvab men
niind se kyuun is tarah hansta hua khil-khil utha
garche rakhta huun kahin aur paanv padta hai kahin
par ghanimat hai ki hai munh janib-e-manzil utha
ashk go atish nahin ‘nazim’ magar tezab hai
dekh chashm-e-tar se apni astin ghafil utha
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