Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, India
teri koshish hum ai dil sai-e-la-hasil samajhte hain
kyun na ho shauq tere dar pe jabin-sai ka
ye ghalat hai ai dil-e-bad-guman ki wahan kisi ka guzar nahin
dekh kar har dar-o-diwar ko hairan hona
husn-e-alam-soz na-mahdud hona chahiye
ek hi KHat mein hai kya haal jo mazkur nahin
ai dil ye hai KHilaf-e-rasm-e-wafa-parasti
dil kushta-e-nazar hai mahrum-e-guftugu hun
wo nigahen kya kahun kyun kar rag-e-jaan ho gain
bhaDak uTThenge shoale ek din duniya ki mahfil mein
hijr ki raat yaad aati hai
kar chuke barbaad dil ko fikr kya anjam ki
chashm-e-saqi ka tasawwur bazm mein kaam aa gaya
intiha-e-ishq ho yun ishq mein kaamil bano
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