* Jadaa-e-fan me’n bade sakht muqaam aate hai’n *
Jadaa-e-fan me’n bade sakht muqaam aate hai’n
mar ke rah jaataa hai fankaar amar hone tak
kitne Ghaalib the jo paidaa huye aur mar bhii gaye
qadradaann ko takhallus ki khabar hone tak
kitne iqbaal rah-e-fikr me’n uthe lekin
raastaa bhuul gaye Khatm-e-safar hone tak
kitne shabbiir hasan khaan na bane josh kabhii
mar gaye kitne sikander bhii jigar hone tak
faiz rang bhii ashaar me’n aa saktaa thaa
ungaliyaa’n saath to de’n Khuu’n me’n tar hone tak
chand zarro’n hi ko miltii hai ziyaa-e-Khurshiid
chand taare hii chamakte hain sahar hone tak
dil-e-shaayar pe kuchh aisii hii guzartii hai 'figaar'
jo kisii qatare pe guzare hai gohar hone tak
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