dastan-e-shama thi ya qissa-e-parwana tha
anjuman mein ishq hi unwan har afsana tha

justaju-e-dair-o-kaba se hua zahir yahi
main haqiqat mein khud apni zat se begana tha

meri hasti thi ba-zat-e-khud mukammal mai-kada
main kabhi shisha kabhi saghar kabhi paimana tha

hae wo ayyam-e-tifli hae wo ahd-e-shabab
khwab tha jo kuchh ki dekha jo suna afsana tha

bad-gumani se hua apne parae ka guman
warna apna tha na duniya mein koi begana tha

chashm-e-bina hi na thi teri wagarna ai kalim
zarre zarre mein zuhur-e-jalwa-e-jaanana tha

mahfil-e-hasti mein dekha hai yahi hum ne 'jalis'
jis ko jitna hosh tha utna hi wo diwana tha