kis ki us tak rasai hoti hai
han magar jis ki aai hoti hai

yar hum se siyah-bakhton ki
zulf tak kab rasai hoti hai

khub mil kar gale se ro lena
is se dil ki safai hoti hai

dubti hai hamari kashti-e-dil
aap se aashnai hoti hai

shor hai al-firaq ka har dam
hum se un se judai hoti hai

lashkar-e-gham ki kishwar-e-dil par
raat din ab chadhai hoti hai

un ki mahfil mein jate darta hun
wan lagai-bujhai hoti hai

us ke dar par 'haqir' tum bhi chalo
wahin mushkil-kushai hoti hai