ye to mumkin na tha wafa karte
aap mil kar bhi mujh se kya karte

dar gae barq ki chamak se kalim
baat to jab thi samna karte

aa to jate ki waqt-e-akhir tha
mere marne hi ki dua karte

na mile wo na hasraten niklin
kat gai umr muddaa karte

hijr-e-mahbub ka ilaj to tha
zakhm-e-hasrat ki kya dawa karte

jo hain na-ashna-e-harf-e-wafa
wo kisi se kahan wafa karte

un ke aane se main na ji jata
rasm-e-duniya to wo ada karte

khalq ki ye sada bhi sun lo 'habib'
safar-e-dasht-e-karbala karte