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    Diwan-E-Zauq

    kahan talak kahoon saqi ke laa sharaab to de

    Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

    transliterator: thothica

    work_id: "0fa79898-d38f-4725-91d2-05e4c28435c9" work_slug: "sheikh-ibrahim-zauq-diwan-e-zauq-0fa798" work_title: "Diwan-E-Zauq" author_name: Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq chapter_number: 58 chapter_title: kahan talak kahoon saqi ke laa sharaab to de chapter_slug: "58-kahan-talak-kahoon-saqi-ke-laa-sharaab-to-de" variant_id: "85e17fd6-5892-4492-92eb-804a747a0d87" content_type: transliteration layout: verse language: Urdu source_language: Urdu language_direction: ltr script: latin word_count: 308 estimated_read_time: 2

    kahan talak kahoon saqi ke laa sharaab to de na de sharaab dubo kar koi kabaab to de

    bujhega soz-e-dil ae girya pal mein aab to de digar hai aag mein duniya yoon hi azaab to de

    guzarne gar yeh mere sar se itna aab to de ke sar pe charkh bhi dikhlaayi joon hubaab to de

    hazaron tishna jigar kis se hoenge sairaab khuda ke waaste tegh-e-sitam ko aab to de

    tumhare matla-e-abru pe yeh kahe hai khaal ke aisa nuqta koi waqt-e-intekhab to de

    dar-e-qubool hai darbaan na band kar dar-e-yaar dua-e-khair meri hone mustajaab to de

    khule hai naaz se gulshan mein ghuncha-e-nargis zara dikha to use chashm-e-neem-khwaab to de

    bala se aap na aayein pe aadmi un ka tasalli aa ke mujhe waqt-e-iztiraab to de

    hawa bagole mein hai kushtagaan-e-zulf ki khaak ke baad-e-marg bhi maloom pech-o-taab to de

    bala se kam na ho girya se mera soz-e-jigar bujha par un ki zara aatish-e-ataab to de

    shaheed keejiyo qaatil abhi na kar jaldi theherne mujh ko teh-e-tegh-e-iztiraab to de

    shikaar-e-basta-e-fitraak ko tere maqdoor hua na yeh bhi ke bosa sar-e-rikaab to de

    dil-e-birishta ko mere na chhoro mai-khwaaro jo lazzat is mein hai aisa maza kabaab to de

    nashe mein hosh kise jo gine hisaab kare jo tujh ko dena hain bose bila hisaab to de

    jawaab-e-nama nahin gar to rakh do nama-e-yaar jo poochhein qabr mein aashiq se kuch jawaab to de

    rakhe hai hausla darya kab ahl-e-himmat ka nahin yeh itna ke bhar kasa-e-hubaab to de

    kahan bujhi hai teh-e-khaak meri aatish-e-dil kaho hawa se hila daaman-e-sahaab to de

    khunak dilon ki agar aah-e-sard dozakh mein pade to waqai ik baar aag daab to de

    karega qatl woh ae 'Zauq' tujh ko surme se nigah ki tegh ko hone siyaah-taab to de

    pahunch rahunga sar-e-manzil-e-fana ae 'Zauq' misaal-e-naqsh-e-qadam karne pa-turaab to de