be-chaargi-e-hasrat-e-didar dekhna
mushkil na dekhna hai to dushwar dekhna

lamhat-e-intizar ki raftar dekhna
wo bar bar saya-e-diwar dekhna

yun dekhna ki tute na rishta nigah ka
ek bar dekhne mein wo sau bar dekhna

ya subh hi se sham ka pur-kaif intizar
ya sham hi se subh ke aasar dekhna

kya dil-fareb hai tere khwab-e-giran ka husn
tujh se nihan tere lab-o-rukhsar dekhna

dard-e-firaq ki sahar-e-awwalin 'hafiz'
uthte hi jaanib-e-dar-o-diwar dekhna