chaae mein Daal kar ushshaaq use pi jaate — Zareef Lakhnavi

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ilm mein jhingur se baDh kar kaamraan koi nahin
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vahshat mein har ik naqsha ulTaa nazar aataa hai
majnun nazar aati hai lailaa nazar aataa hai

'zarif' ab faaeda kyaa shaairon ko sardi khaane se
ghazal ham paDh chuke ghar jaaein kyuun be-kaar baiThe hain

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

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