zehn har su nigah karta hai
dil faqat un ki chaah karta hai
haq vo rakhta hai ruThne ka bhi
pyaar jo be-panah karta hai
jo kan-ankhiyon se dekhta hai use
ba-saliqa gunah karta hai
faqr bhi us ka hai shahanshahi
dil ko jo ḳhanqah karta hai
dil subut-e-baqa-e-hasti men
dhaḌkanon ko gavah karta hai
qabl-e-manzil charagh-e-rahguzar
ḳhauf ko sadd-e-rah karta hai
‘shauq’ taḳhliq-e-sher kya jaane
sirf kaghaz siyah karta hai
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