ba-juz saya tan-e-laghar ko mere koi kya samjhe
meri surat ko mahfil mein wo naqsh-e-boriya samjhe

hum us ko apne haq mein aafat-e-jaan aur bala samjhe
butan-e-be-wafa hain jin ko ek apni ada samjhe

koi kya khak raaz-e-mushkil-e-zat-e-khuda samjhe
agar nur-e-khuda ko zat-e-insan se juda samjhe

wahan ja kar kare gar qatl tu bimar-e-hijran ko
tere kuche ko apne haq mein wo darushshifa samjhe

siyah-bakhti pe saya gar ho teri zulf-e-shab-gun ka
use wo apne sar pe saya-e-baal-e-huma samjhe

wahi karta hai insan kaam jo qismat karaati hai
koi chahe use samjhe rawa ya narawa samjhe

latakte dekha sine par jo tere tar-e-gesu ko
use diwane wahshat mein tera band-e-qaba samjhe

na hargiz khun rulae bulbulon ko bagh mein ai gul
jo apne husn ko tu tair-e-rang-e-hina samjhe

tere aaina-e-rukh ko sikandar dekhne aaya
teri mahfil mein hum us ko gada-e-be-nawa samjhe

koi kya jaanta hai kis qadar bose liye hum ne
samajhte hain hum us ko ya hamara dil-ruba samjhe

buton se hum ne joda rishta-e-dil ko wo kafir hai
agar is rishta ko koi hamare narawa samjhe

tu ja kar chhed gul ko ya kisi ki zulf-e-pechan ko
chal ai baad-e-saba tu kya meri naz-o-ada samjhe

kabhi baitha bhi gar dekha unhon ne apne kuche mein
tan-e-laghar ko mere wo kisi ka naqsh-e-pa samjhe

bayaban mein jo aaya koi jhonka baad-e-sar-sar ka
teri hum sard-mehri se nasim-e-jaan-faza samjhe

wahi hain hum banaya jo hamein haq ne nahin parwa
koi hum ko bura samjhe koi hum ko bhala samjhe

bhale ko gar bura samjhe na hargiz wo bura hoga
bhala is mein bura kya hai bure ko gar bura samjhe

hai insan ke liye lazim jahan mein dekh kar chalna
wo hai haiwan na dil mein jo zamane ki hawa samjhe

agar us ne kabhi toda hamare gauhar-e-dil ko
hum us ke haq mein us ke tutne ko momiya samjhe

pighal kar shama khud parwana ko pahle jalati hai
kisi ke mom hone ko na koi momiya samjhe

gareban hum ne dikhlaya unhon ne zulf dikhlai
hamara samjhe wo matlab hum un ka muddaa samjhe

khuda ko samjhe tum patthar jo patthar ko khuda samjhe
agar samjhe use patthar to phir tum us ko kya samjhe

tariq-e-khaksari sullam-e-baam-e-buzurgi hai
usi ko 'mashriqi' insan jahan mein kimiya samjhe