matam-e-ranj-o-alam gham hain baham chaaron ek sitam-o-jaur-jafa naz-o-sanam chaaron ek jab atakta hai jo dil kuchh nahin chhode baqi nang-o-namus haya aur sharam chaaron ek ishq-bazan ke tain ishq mein tere ai yar masjid-o-madrasa-o-dair-o-haram chaaron ek farq hargiz nahin jo tujh se milawe aankhen tir aur khanjar-o-jamdhar ke zakham chaaron ek zulf jun mar-e-siyah qad jo darakht-e-chandan aaj dekh aae hain is taur se hum chaaron ek yar aur aashiq-o-saqi-o-sharab-o-sabza dekhta hai koi yak jae pe kam chaaron ek bhul jate hain sabhi bazm mein mah-ruyon ki aql-o-danish-o-tamiz aur faham chaaron ek hun tera ai sanama is waza se farman-bardar sarban-o-nafar-o-banda khadam chaaron ek ghair waslat ke tere aur na khwahish apni kya tala nuqra-o-dinar-o-diram chaaron ek uth gaya qaum se ashraf ke haihat afsos ishrat-o-aish kahan jah-o-hasham chaaron ek raushnai-o-zaban tohfa kare qissa bayan jis ghadi hote hain kaghaz-o-qalam chaaron ek bhul ja shauq mein waslat ke tu sab ko ai dil dozakh-o-jannat o aaraf o adam chaaron ek waste tere muqarrar hain dil andesha na kar mehrbani-o-ata fazl-o-karam chaaron ek hai shujaat wa sakha hilm-o-haya 'qasim-ali' shan mein sher-e-khuda ke hain khatam chaaron ek