din raat kis ki yaad thi kaisa malaal tha

sadqe me.n kuchh to bol tu kya tujh pe haal tha

chhuuTa tira mariiz agar mar gaya ki shokh

jo dam tha zindagi ka so us par vabaal tha

naakhuun tire ki meh.ndi se tanha nahi.n hai.n daagh

chande shafaq se na.al-dar-aatish hilaal tha

is soch se khuli hai haqiqat ki ek umr

makkhi ki farj o shaikh ki daadhi ka baal tha

ko chashm-e-fahm taaki nazar aaye ye ki yaa.n

dekha jo kuchh so khvaab jo samjha khayal tha

jhagda mira kiya hi na tii.n saaf varna shokh

zarra zabaa.n pe tegh ki ye infisaal tha

'qayem' mai.n rekhta ko diya khil.at-e-qubuul

varna ye pesh-e-ahl-e-hunar kya kamaal tha

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