raat-bhar jo samne aankhon ke wo mah-para tha
ghairat-e-mahtab apna daman-e-nazzara tha

ban gae girdab sail-e-ashk jae gard-baad
abr-e-tar ki tarah main jis dasht mein aawara tha

tu ne aankhen pher lin yan kaam aakhir ho gaya
tair-e-jaan pa-e-band-e-rishta-e-nazzara tha

shab tere partaw se labrez-e-latafat tha chaman
har gul-e-shabbu se jari nur ka fawwara tha

mujh ko dam lene ki bhi fursat na duniya mein mili
roz-e-maulid shadiyana kuch ka naqqara tha

khurrami hoti hai bedardon ko sair-e-bagh mein
hum ne jis gul par nazar ki ek gul-e-sad-para tha

khwab mein bhi yar tak mumkin na tha dakhl-e-raqib
jin dinon apna khayal akhbar ka harkara tha

shab nazar ki main ne furqat mein jo su-e-asman
azhdaha thi kahkashan aqrab har ek sayyara tha

ai ajal di tu ne bar-e-jism se aa kar najat
kab se meri pith par ye khak ka pushtara tha

khauf sab jata raha dil se azab-e-hijr ka
naqd-e-jaan dena gunah-e-ishq ka kaffara tha

kahte hain mara gaya wo jurm-e-tegh-e-naz se
kucha-e-qatil mein 'nasikh' nam jo bechaara gaya