aankh padte hi na tha nam shakebai ka
dar-e-mai-khana tha naqsha teri angdai ka

ma-siwa us ke nahin jis ka koi aur sharik
kaun batlaega aalam meri tanhai ka

pak-damani-e-yusuf thi zulekha ki saza
rasta chaak se paida hua ruswai ka

sakhtiyan himmat-e-dil ho to badal jati hain
maut ek khel hai lekin tere shaidai ka

hum ko un mai-kada-e-dahr se ummid nahin
saghar ulta hua hai gumbad-e-minai ka

tar-e-malbus mein thi ya khat-e-taqdir mein thi
haal khulta nahin yaqub ki binai ka

aane de nind to sab soen magar ai tauba
nala-e-ishq ka is par shab-e-tanhai ka

dil-e-nazuk mutahammil nahin gham ho ki surur
phul maqtul hai khud apni hi ranai ka

na hua wasl-e-tamanna na ghati wahshat-e-dil
kya natija tha meri baadiya-paimai ka

wo na aaen sar-e-baalin ki main bachne ka nahin
dam na tute mere sath in ki masihai ka

aaina jis mein sada dub ke ubhra kya husn
ek thahra hua pani hai khud-arai ka

sath dene ka to ehsan hai mujh par lekin
shama ne nam duboya meri tanhai ka

husn ke hath bandhe to wo zara der sahi
mujh par ehsan teri aai hui angdai ka

us ke sunne ke liye jama hua hai mahshar
rah gaya tha jo fasana meri ruswai ka

shauq-e-pa-bosi-e-mahbub tha warna 'saqib'
sang-e-dar par koi mauqa tha jabin-sai ka