niyyat ho agar nek to deta hai khuda bhi
karte hain amal log to milta hai sila bhi

baatin ki hararat se phunke jate hain tan-man
purwai bhi chalti hai barasti hai ghata bhi

chhu kar nahin guzri hai teri zulf-e-muattar
is bar to mahrum chali aai saba bhi

ek tum ho ki bichhde to bichhad hi gae hum se
milte hain bahut log to hote hain juda bhi

aadab-e-mohabbat the ki daman nahin chhoda
tum dur na the dur na the band-e-qaba bhi

kis yas ke aalam mein hon kya jaaniye 'athar'
muddat hui aai nahin honton pe dua bhi