Ye soch kar ki teri jabin par na bal pade
bas duur hi se dekh liya aur chal pade
dil men phir ik kasak si uthi muddaton ke baad
ik umar ke ruke hue aansu nikal pade
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seene men beqaraar hain murdaa muhabbaten
mumkin hai ye charaag kabhi Khud hi jal pade
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eh dil tujhe badalati hui rut se kyaa milaa
paudhon men phool aur darakhton men phal pade
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ab kis ke intezaar men jaagen tamaam shab
wo saath ho to neend men kaise Khalal pade
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‘Shehzad’ dil ko zabt kaa yaaraa nahin rahaa
** nikla jo mahataab to samandar uchhal pade**