na aae kaam kisi ke jo zindagi kya hai
bashar-nawaz na ho jo wo aadmi kya hai

zamana-saz hain jo wo hain maslahat-andesh
jo ho khulus se aari wo dosti kya hai

pas-az-wafat na len jis ka nam us ke aziz
tawangari hai agar ye to muflisi kya hai

karo na dast-daraazi khuda ke bandon par
hai nam us ka shujaat to buzdili kya hai

haqiqi dosti wo hai ho jis mein josh-o-kharosh
nashat-e-ruh na ho jis mein khush-dili kya hai

aziz-tar hain mujhe khud se bhi hasan-chishti
bataun aap ko kya banda-parwari kya hai

na ho jo qari-o-samea pe kuchh asar-andaz
fareb mahz hai 'barqi' wo shairi kya hai