ab kya karunga ya-rab tera jahan le kar
dharti pe main khada hun ek aasman le kar

wadon ki anjuman mein kuchh faeda nahin hai
apni zaban de kar meri zaban le kar

har shai dikhai deti hai saf jis ki chhat se
hum log bas gae hain aisa makan le kar

sine mein rah na jaen mausam ki dastanen
patjhad ko kya milega phulon ki jaan le kar

rah-e-wafa mein hum ko tum khub aazmao
ek imtihan kya hai sau imtihan le kar

aanchal ki laj rakhna hosh-o-khirad se aage
diwane badh rahe hain tera nishan le kar

is lafz-e-ashiqi mein lakhon paheliyan hain
tum kya karoge 'dilkash' ye dastan le kar