dilli kahan gain tere kuchon ki raunaqen
galiyon se sar jhuka ke guzarne laga hun main

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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fursat-e-kar faqat chaar ghaDi hai yaro
ye na socho ki abhi umr paDi hai yaro

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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guzar gaya hai koi lamha-e-sharar ki tarah
abhi to main use pahchan bhi na paya tha

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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hum se puchho ki ghazal kya hai ghazal ka fan kya
chand lafzon mein koi aag chhupa di jae

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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har-chand e'tibar mein dhoke bhi hain magar
ye to nahin kisi pe bharosa kiya na jae

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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ishq mein kya nuqsan nafa hai hum ko kya samjhate ho
hum ne sari umr hi yaro dil ka karobar kiya

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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itne mayus to haalat nahin
log kis waste ghabrae hain

Jaan Nisar Akhtar

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