har naghma-e-pur-dard har ek saz se pahle
hangama bapa hota hai aaghaz se pahle

dil dard-e-mohabbat se to waqif bhi nahin tha
jaanan tere bakhshe hue eazaz se pahle

shoalon pe chalati hai mohabbat dil-e-nadan
anjam zara soch le aaghaz se pahle

ab meri tabahi ka use gham bhi nahin hai
jis ne mujhe chaha tha bade naz se pahle

shahin wo kahlane ka haqdar nahin hai
jo su-e-falak dekhe na parwaz se pahle

ab raaz ki baaten na bata de wo kisi se
ye khauf nahin tha kabhi hamraaz se pahle

thi mir-taqi-'mir' ki nauhagari mashhur
'afzal' ki sisakti hui aawaz se pahle