jab tasawwur mein koi mah-jabin hota hai
raat hoti hai magar din ka yaqin hota hai

uf wo bedad inayat bhi tasadduq jis par
hae wo gham jo masarrat se hasin hota hai

hijr ki raat fusun-kari-e-zulmat mat puchh
shama jalti hai magar nur nahin hota hai

dur tak hum ne jo dekha to ye malum hua
ki wo insan ki rag-e-jaan se qarin hota hai

ishq mein marka-e-qalb-o-nazar kya kahiye
chot lagti hai kahin dard kahin hota hai

hum ne dekhe hain wo aalam bhi mohabbat mein 'hafiz'
aastan khud jahan mushtaq-e-jabin hota hai