ahaar ab ke jo guzri to phir na aaegi
bichhaDne wale bichhaDte samay ye kah gae hain

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main jin galiyon mein paiham barsar-e-gardish raha hun
main un galiyon mein itna KHar pahle kab hua tha

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main kahan aur kahan shaeri main ne to faqat
majlis-e-sher bapa ki to tumhaare liye ki

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mujh sa anjaan kisi moD pe kho sakta hai
hadsa koi bhi is shahr mein ho sakta hai

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phir us ki yaad ne dastak dil-e-hazin par di
phir aansuon mein nihan us ke KHad-o-KHal hue

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sath-e-dariya ka ye saffak sukun hai dhoka
ye teri naw kisi waqt Dubo sakta hai

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ye tai hua hai ki sher o adab ke paimane
hamare shahr ka ek yak-fana hi tai karega

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