ab kahan jaunga uth kar main yahin rahne de
wahshat-e-khana-badoshi tu kahin rahne de

ho gai shah ko ab mat ki main kahta raha
are rahne de piyaade ko wahin rahne de

le ke ja sakta hai tu sar se mera charkh-e-kuhan
par mere pairon tale meri zamin rahne de

tark-e-hijrat ka irada bhi to kar sakta hai
kaun thahrega yahan dil ke makin rahne de

kaj-kulahi na mujhe takht-nashini se gharaz
sar-basar khak hun aur khak-nashin rahne de

hum ki darwesh hain aur ishq se matlab hai hamein
husn ko apni jagah chin-ba-jabin rahne de

ishq phir aur pari-zad se ahmad-'irfan'
dew patthar ka bana de na kahin rahne de