aaankhon mein murawwat teri ai yar kahan hai
puchha na kabhu mujh ko wo bimar kahan hai

nau khat to hazaron hain gulistan-e-jahan mein
hai saf to yun tujh sa numudar kahan hai

aaram mujhe saya-e-tuba mein nahin hai
batlao ki wo saya-e-diwar kahan hai

lao to lahu aaj piyun dukhtar-e-raz ka
ai muhtasibo dekho wo murdar kahan hai

furqat mein us abru ki gala katunga apna
myan dijo use dam meri talwar kahan hai

jin se ki ho marbut wahi tum ko hai maimun
insan ki sohbat tumhein darkar kahan hai

dekhun jo tujhe khwab mein main ai mah-e-kanan
aisa to mera tala-e-bedar kahan hai

sunte hi us aawaz ki kuchh ho gai wahshat
dekho to wo zanjir ki jhankar kahan hai

din chhine wo jab dekhiyo ghaarat-gari us ki
tab sochiyo khurshid ki dastar kahan hai

us din ke hun sadqe ki tu khinche hue talwar
ye puchhta aawe wo gunahgar kahan hai

hanste to ho tum mujh pe wa-lekin koi din ko
rooge ki wo mera giraftar kahan hai

ai gham mujhe yan ahl-e-tayyush ne hai ghera
is bhid mein tu ai mere gham-khwar kahan hai

jab tak ki wo jhanke tha idhar mahr se hum to
waqif hi na the mahr par anwar kahan hai

us mah ke sarakte hi ye andher hai 'ehsan'
malum nahin rakhna-e-diwar kahan hai