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Sir ne ermish, paxta ichra otash ul,
Qancha pinhon tutmagil, paydo bo‘lur.
Berkitay deb men urindim necha dam,
Lekin ul bayroq ko‘targay damba-dam.
Ul tutib ikki qulog‘imdin mani,
Der: qo‘lingdin kelsa.berkitgil, qani.
Men degaymen: oshma haddingdin yomon,
Jon kabi paydo erursen ham nihon.
Ul degay: xum ichra mahbusdir tanam,
Xumda maydek bazmi jamshid aylaram.
Men degaymen: ket bu yerdin, chekma un,
Ofati mastlik yetishmasdin burun.
Ul degay, jomim simirgaymen necha,
Kun bo‘yi, toki namozi shomgacha.
Shom kelib, olgay latif jomim mening,
Ber, degaymen, kelmadi shomim mening.
Mayning otini arab qo‘ymish: mudom,
Qaysi mayxo‘r may ichib, to‘ymish mudom?
Ishq olovdir bodayi tahqiqqa ul,
So‘ng nihon soqiy bo‘lur siddiqqa ul.
Qaynasa tavfiq sharobi tinmayin,
Dosh berolmay, ko‘za sinmog‘i tayin.
Partavi soqiy sharobga urdi, hay,
Qaynadi, raqs etdi sharbat, bo‘ldi may.
Ba’zilar hayrat aro tinglar buni,
Sen so‘rab ko‘rgil, qachon ko‘rmish uni?
Bas, bilurlar barcha, o‘tchi, suvchi bor,
Qaynagan bor ersa, qaynatguvchi bor...