aqi hai dil mein shaiKH ke hasrat gunah ki
kala karega munh bhi jo daDhi siyah ki

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aadamiyyat aur shai hai ilm hai kuchh aur shai
kitna tote ko paDhaya par wo haiwan hi raha

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aja kahe jise aalam use baja samjho
zaban-e-KHalq ko naqqara-e-KHuda samjho

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ehtar to hai yahi ki na duniya se dil lage
par kya karen jo kaam na be-dil-lagi chale

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e-qarari ka sabab har kaam ki ummid hai
na-umidi ho to phir aaram ki ummid hai

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osa jo ruKH ka dete nahin lab ka dijiye
ye hai masal ki phul nahin pankhuDi sahi

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dekh chhoTon ko hai allah baDai deta
aasman aankh ke til mein hai dikhai deta

even to tiny creatures God greatness does provide
in the pupil of the eye skies can be espied

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dikhane ko nahin hum muztarib haalat hi aisi hai
masal hai ro rahe ho kyun kaha surat hi aisi hai

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duniya ne kis ka rah-e-fana mein diya hai sath
tum bhi chale chalo yunhi jab tak chali chale

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