na kuredun ishq ke raaz ko mujhe ehtiyat-e-kalam hai
mera zauq itna buland hai jahan aarzu bhi haram hai

faqat ek rishta-e-mushtarak khalish-e-sukut-e-kalam hai
yunhi ek zamana guzar gaya na payam hai na salam hai

jo charagh-e-ashk nasib the wahi sabr kar ke jala diye
wahi kafirana siyahiyan ye wahi bujhi hui sham hai

abhi rakkha rahne do taq par yunhi aaftab ka aaina
ki abhi to meri nigah mein wahi mera mah-e-tamam hai

mera har nafas meri har nazar hai raza-e-ghair pe munhasir
jo isi ka nam hayat hai to hayat marg-e-dawam hai

yahi mai-kada ka khulasa hai yahi mastiyon ka nichod bhi
teri chashm-e-baada-farosh mein ye jo ek kaif-e-tamam hai

meri hasraton ka na khun kar nahin yun na rok meri zaban
meri sard aah pe shak na kar ye to mera husn-e-kalam hai

badi dil-kharash sada thi wo ki bina-e-mai-kada hil gai
ye shikast-e-tauba hai dekhta ki shikasta-e-shisha-o-jam hai

hai wahi fareb-e-dil-o-nazar abhi karobar-e-hayat mein
wahi ek laghzish-e-khuld hai jo yahan bhi gam-ba-gam hai

zara dekhna to azan ka bhi 'siraj' waqt nahin raha
ye tulu-e-mahr hai ya wahi kaf-e-gul-farosh pe jam hai