ye zara sa kuchh aur ek-dam be-hisab sa kuchh
sar-e-sham siine men hanpta hai sarab sa kuchh
vo chamak thi kya jo pighal ga.i hai navah-e-jan men
ki ye aankh men kya hai shola-e-zer-e-ab sa kuchh
kabhi mehrban aankh se parakh is ko kya hai ye shai
hamen kyuun hai siine men is sabab iztirab sa kuchh
vo faza na jaane saval karne ke ba.ad kya thi
ki hile to the lab, mila ho shayad javab sa kuchh
mire chaar janib ye khinch ga.i hai qanat kaisi
ye dhuan hai ḳhatm-e-safar ka ya TuuTe ḳhvab sa kuchh
vo kahe zara kuchh to dil ko kya kya ḳhalal sata.e
ki na jaane us ki hai baat men kya ḳharab sa kuchh
na ye ḳhaak ka ijtinab hi koi rasta de
na uḌaan bharne de sar pe ye pech-o-tab sa kuchh
sar-e-sharh-o-iz.har jaane kaisi hava chali hai
ki bikhar gaya hai suḳhan suḳhan intiḳhab sa kuchh
ye bahar-e-be-saḳhta chali aa.i hai kahan se
tan-e-zard men khil uTha hai piile gulab sa kuchh
are kya bata.en hava-e-imkan ke khel kya hain
ki dilon men banta hai TuTta hai habab sa kuchh
kabhi ek pal bhi na saans li khul ke ham ne ‘bani’
raha umr bhar bas-ki jism o jaan men azaab sa kuchh
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