Phail raha hai dekhiye ek ghazab ka jazba e nafrat
Pahunche jahan pahunche mera ab payaam e mahabat
Lipta hai jahan saara kyon zalzalon men aaj
Ahsaan faramosh insan bhula hai apni Insaniyat
Sitaarey to kayi hazaar farozaan hotey hain falak per
Akhtar shumaari nahin, saraab hai yeh shauhrat
Gin ney ginaaney ka kaam to ahl e siyaasi jaanen
Na pesha yeh mera na mujhe daulat se qurbat
Sarwat, shauhrat aur waqaar hain apni jagah vaaiz
Yaqin pukhta Khuda per, hai yeh sab se badi taaqat
Daastaan go nahin hun karta hun bayaan main sach
Kahani nahin hai dosto, meri zeest ki hai yeh haqeeqat
Bayaan e asl karte sab katraate hain jaane kyon
Sheeshe ko bhi deekhaate hain chehra e munafiqat
‘Sahil’, rang qismat ke main ne dekhen hain saare
Haath milaaye ameeri se aur dekhi hai main ne ghurbat
Akhtar. Shumaari. Taarey gin na
Waqaar. Reputation prestige
Munafiqat duplicity. Hypocrisy
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