dil ka gila falak ki shikayat yahan nahin
wo mehrban nahin to koi mehrban nahin

hum aaj tak chhupate hain yaron se raaz-e-ishq
haalanki dushmanon se ye qissa nihan nahin

zeba nahin hai dost se karna moamla
kuchh warna naz jaan ke badle giran nahin

hum zumra-e-raqib mein mil kar wahan gae
jab shauq rahnuma ho koi pasban nahin

aashufta misl-e-baad hun betab misl-e-barq
kyunkar muin-e-charkh teri shokhiyan nahin

hum aap par nisar karen kaenat ko
par kya karen bisat mein juz nim-jaan nahin

saman-e-wajd fitna-e-mahshar ko de diya
wo khak par hamari jo daman-kashan nahin

kyun hain nadim-e-dost sifarish mein ghair ki
kya hum ko un se rasm-o-rah-e-armughan nahin

ek haal-e-khush mein bhul gae kaenat ko
ab hum wahan hain mutrib o saqi jahan nahin

kis kis pe rashk kijiye kis kis ko roiye
kis din wo jalwa aafat-e-sad-khanuman nahin

kyun ye hujum-e-shor-o-shaghab hai nushur mein
aisa to 'shefta' hamein khwab-e-giran nahin