yahan jo bhi tha tanha tha yahan jo bhi hai tanha hai
ye duniya hai ye duniya hai isi ka naam duniya hai
na bola un se jaata hai na dekha un se jaata hai
yahan gungon ki basti hai yahan andhon ka pahra hai
vo manzil thi tahayyur ki ye manzil hai tafakkur ki
vahan parda bhi jalva tha yahan jalva bhi parda hai
vo aalam tha ta.ayyun ka vahan parda hi parda tha
ye aalam hai tayaqqun ka yahan jalva hi jalva hai
sabhi majruh hain is said-gah-e-aish-o-hirman men
kisi ka zaḳhm ochha hai kisi ka zaḳhm gahra hai
jo vo ik ḳhush-ḳhayali thi to ye ik kam-nigahi hai
na vo phulon ka gulshan tha na ye kanTon ka sahra hai
vo ahl-e-qal ki majlis ye ahl-e-hal ki majlis
vahan jo kuchh tha maazi tha yahan jo kuchh hai farda hai
ye naddi to nahin jo ab-e-shirin de sake tum ko
hai paani utna hi namkin samundar jitna gahra hai
yahan tarshe hue lafzon ka sikka chal nahin sakta
ye bazar-e-ma.ani hai yahan moti bhi qatra hai
‘jamil’ ankhon ke paT kholo ise bhi ik nazar tolo
vo nairang-e-tasavvur tha ye nairang-e-tamasha hai
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