nahin qaul se fel tere mutabiq
kahun kis tarah tujh ko ai yar sadiq

na jannat ke qabil na dozakh ke laeq
mujhe kyun kiya khalq ai mere khaliq

hue hijr mein wo marz mujh ko lahiq
rahe dang jis mein atibba-e-haziq

bharosa karam par hai hum aasiyon ko
ghazab par samajhte hain rahm us ka faiq

faqat kunha zat us ki ab tak na samjhe
hue munkashif aur sare daqaeq

jhagad lenge aapas mein shaikh o barhaman
tujhe kya bakhedon se o mard-e-ashiq

jo ye us ki rahmat ki tughyaniyan hain
kuja zohd-e-zahid kahan fisq-e-fasiq

kiya nafs ko mujh pe kyun tu ne ghaalib
na tha kya teri bandagi ke mein laeq

na rakhna mujhe apni rahmat se mahrum
teri zat se hai ye ummid-e-wasiq

na tab aaegi husn ki tere ai dost
main musa nahin hun jo jalwe ka shaiq

tajarrud ka aalam tujhe kya bura tha
hua kis liye pa-e-band-e-alaeq

shikayat ka fiqara zaban tak na aaya
bahar-haal karta raha shukr-e-khaliq

sar o chashm se main baja laun sahib
jo khidmat koi howe bande ke laeq

bhala kis se bahlaun dil is chaman mein
na sumbul na nasrin na gul na shaqaiq

rulate ho aashiq ko be-wajh-o-bais
hansnegi meri jaan tum par khalaiq

kiye moajaze husn ne donon yakja
shab-e-tira gesu jabin subh-e-sadiq

kaha sun ke afsana-e-qai-o-laila
abas karte ho haal mein zikr-e-sabiq

gaya wo zamana wo log ud gae sab
na mashuq waise rahe ab na aashiq

shunidem nam-o-nishanash nadidem
chu anqast madum yar-e-muafiq

meri jaan muddat se marta hun tujh par
tere chand se munh ka aashiq hun aashiq

hua rashk-e-laila ki furqat mein majnun
mera haal aur qais ka hai mutabiq

abas fauq deta hai tu khud ko nadan
kiya ek ko ek par us ne faiq

wo munshi bane qudrat-e-haq to dekho
jo maktab mein padhte the insha-e-faiq

dua hai yahi aur yahi hai tamanna
najaf mein mare ja ke ye 'rind'-e-fasiq