
Poet
vo nigah mil ke nigah se ba-ada-e-ḳhas jhijhak ga.i
to ba-rang-e-ḳhun miri aarzu miri chashm-e-tar se Tapak ga.i
kabhi ashk ban ke Dhalak ga.i kabhi rashk ban ke jhalak ga.i
vo sharab jam-e-hayat se jo shabab ban ke chhalak ga.i
miri ah-e-sa.iqa-bar jab mire tur-e-dil pe chamak ga.i
jo zamin se ta-ba-falak ga.i to falak se ta-ba-samak ga.i
main zahe-nasib ghira hua huun tajalliyon ke hujum men
ye shua kis ke jamal ki miri zulmaton men chamak ga.i
usi be-panah-e-nigah ka mujhe baar baar hadaf bana
ki dil aaj jhuum ke dil bana rag-e-jan bhi meri phaḌak ga.i
pas-e-dafn bhi na sukun mila tah-e-ḳhak hasrat-e-ishq ko
kabhi sabza ban ke lahak uThi kabhi phuul ban ke mahak ga.i
tiri chashm-e-mast ne saqiya bhare mai-kade ko bhula diya
kabhi yaad ban ke baras ga.i kabhi shisha ban ke khanak ga.i
koi kaash aa ke ‘vaqar’ ke bhi shikasta saaz ko chheḌ de
vo junun-navaz hava chali vo qaba-e-ghuncha masak ga.i

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