falak ki gardishen aisi nahin jin mein qadam thahre
sakun dushwar hai kyunkar tabiat koi dam thahre

qaza ne doston se dekhiye aakhir kiya nadim
kiye the ahd-o-paiman jis qadar wo kul adam thahre

chhua tu ne jise mara use ai afai-e-gesu
ye sab tiryaq mere tajraba karne mein sam thahre

kiya jab ghaur koson dur nikli manzil-e-maqsad
kabhi gar pa-e-shal utthe to chal kar do qadam thahre

laga kar dil juda hona na thi shart-e-wafa sahab
gham-e-furqat ki shiddat se karam jaur-o-sitam thahre

jo kuchh dekha wo aaina tha aane wali haalat ka
jahan dekha yahi aaankhon ke kanse jam-e-jam thahre

amal kahne pe apne hazrat-e-waiz karen pahle
gunah ke mo'tarif jab hain to wo kab mohtaram thahre

jawani ki siyah-masti mein wasf-e-zulf likkha tha
badha wo silsila aisa ki hum mushkin qalam thahre

ye sabit hai ki mutlaq ka tayyun ho nahin sakta
wo salik hi nahin jo chal ke ta-dair-o-haram thahre

bashar ko qaid-e-kulfat maya-e-andoh-o-afat hai
rahe achchhe jo is mehman-sara mein aa ke kam thahre

'habib'-e-na-tawan se rah-e-ulfat tai nahin hoti
ajab kya gar ye rasta jada-e-mulk-e-adam thahre