[Ghuncha]

Nigaah-e-yaar pe palkoon ki agr lagaam na ho,

Badan men door tak zindgi ka naam na ho,

Wo be-naqaab jo phirta he gali koochon men,

To kaise shehar k logon men 'qatl-e-aam' na ho,

Mujhe yaqeen he k dunya men dard barh jaaen,

Agr ye peene- pilaane ka ehtmaam na ho,

Bitha k saamne bas daikhta rahoon tujh hi ko,

Tere siwa mujhe dunya ka koi kaam na ho,

Jo uss ko dekh le mehtaab' ik nazr,

Mere shehar ki galyun men kabhi shaam na ho.

 

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