bazm-e-jahan mein mein bhi hun a sham-e-dardmand
faryaad dar girah-e-sifat dana sipand

di ishq ne hararat-e-soz-e-darun tujhe
aur gul-farosh ashk shafaq-gun kiya mujhe

ho sham-e-bazm-e-aish ki sham-e-mazar-e-tu
har haal ashk-e-gham se rahi ham-kanar tu

yak-bin teri nazar sifat-e-ashiqan-e-raaz
meri nigah maya-e-ashob-e-imtiyaz

kabe mein but-kade mein hai yaksan teri ziya
main imtiyaz-e-dair-o-haram mein phansa hua

hai shan-e-ah ki tere dud-e-siyah mein
poshida koi dil hai teri jalwa-gah mein

jalti hai tu ki barq-e-tajalli se dur hai
be-dard tere soz ko samjhe ki nur hai

tu jal rahi hai aur tujhe kuchh khabar nahin
bina hai aur soz-e-darun par nazar nahin

mein josh iztirab se simab war bhi
aagah-e-iztirab dil-e-be-qarar bhi

tha ye bhi koi naz kisi be-niyaz ka
ehsas de diya mujhe apne gudaz ka

ye aagahi mari mujhe rakhti hai be-qarar
khwabida is sharar mein hain aatish-kade hazar

ye imtiyaz-e-rifat-o-pasti isi se hai
gul mein mahak sharab mein masti isi se hai

bustan-o-bulbul-o-gul-o-bu hai ye aagahi
asl kashakash-o-man-o-tu hai ye aagahi

subh-e-azal jo husn hua dilsitan-e-ishq
aawaz-e-kun hui tapish aamoz-e-jaan-e-ishq

ye hukm tha ki gulshan-e-kun ki bahaar dekh
ek aankh le ke khwab-e-pareshan hazar dekh

mujh se khabar na puchh hijab-e-wajud ki
sham-e-firaq subh thi meri numud ki

wo din gae ki qaid se main aashna na tha
zeb-e-darakht-e-tur mera aashiyana tha

qaidi hun aur qafas ko chaman jaanta hun main
ghurbat ke gham-kade ko watan jaanta hun main

yaad-e-watan fasurdagi be-sabab bani
shauq-e-nazar kabhi kabhi zauq-e-talab bani

a shama intiha-e-fareb-e-khyal dekh
masjud sakinan-e-falak ka maal dekh

mazmun firaq ka hun surayya nishan hun main
aahang-e-taba nazim-e-kaun-o-makan hun main

bandha mujhe jo us ne to chahi meri numud
tahrir kar diya sar-e-diwan-e-hast-o-bud

gauhar ko musht-e-khak main rahna pasand hai
bandish agarche sust hai mazmun buland hai

chashm-e-ghalat nagar ka ye sara qusur hai
aalam zuhur jalwa-e-zauq-e-shuur hai

ye silsila zaman-o-makan ka kamand hai
tauq-e-gulu-e-husn tamasha-pasand hai

manzil ka ishtiyaq hai gham-karda rah hun
a shama mein asir-e-fareb-e-nigah hun

sayyaad aap halqa-e-dam-e-sitam bhi aap
baam-e-haram bhi tair-e-baam-e-haram bhi aap

main husn hun ki ishq sarapa gudaz hun
khulta nahin ki naz hun main ya niyaz hun

han aashna-e-lab ho na raaz-e-kuhan kahin
phir chhid na jae qissa-e-dar-o-rasan kahin