misl-e-sarmad talib-e-haq-bin agar sar-dad dad
dekh le mansur ne ji dar par ustad dad

ishq hai ai dil kathin kuchh khana-e-khala nahin
rakh dilerana qadam ta tujh ko ho imdad dad

ho nahin sakti hai jis ki gosh-zad fariyaad dad
jis ne aabaadan mere dil ka nagar barbaad dad

rashk-e-duniya hai kisi ne kyun barae chand roz
zindagi apne tain afsos ya miad dad

kis se ho sakta hai jo is ne kiya aalam ke sath
surat-e-khaki mein kaisa kuchh dam-e-ijad dad

khurram-o-khursand ek aalam hai par hairan hun main
kyun mujhe khatir hazin hoe dil-e-nashad dad

'afridi' us shikar-andaz se kyunkar baje
dam mein jis ke hai sab khilqat azan sayyaad dad