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jo yoon hee lahaza-lahaza daag-e-hasarat kee taraqqee hai

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jo yoon hee lahaza-lahaza daag-e-hasarat kee taraqqee hai
ajab kya, raphta-raphta main saraapa soorat-e-dil hoon

madad-ai-rahanuma-e-gumarahaan is dasht-e-gurbat mein
musaafir hoon, pareeshaan haal hoon, gumakarda manzil hoon

ye mere saamane shekh-o-barahaman kya jhagadate hain
agar mujh se koee poochhe, kahoon donon ka qaayal hoon

agar daava-e-yak rangeen karoon, naakhush na ho jaana
main is aaeenaakhaane mein tera aks-e-muqaabil hoon

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Published by
Akbar Allahabadi