kya dastan thi pahle bayan hi nahin hui
phir yun hua ki subh azan hi nahin hui

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yun sari umr fikr-e-ziyan hi nahin hui

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kam-bakht aarzu ki jawan hi nahin hui

ta-subh meri lash rahi be-kafan to kya
banu-e-sham nauha-kunan hi nahin hui