agar arbab-e-gulshan mein wafaon ke chalan hote

agar arbab-e-gulshan mein wafaon ke chalan hote
shikanje mein na phir sayyaad ke ahl-e-chaman hote
masail ka khulus-e-dil se mil kar faisla karte
to itni kashmakash mein kyon ye shaikh-o-barhaman hote


kabhi hans kar na sunte phir mera afsana-e-ghamgin
jo tum bhi mubtala-e-gardish-e-ranj-o-mehan hote
tumhaari bazm-e-rangin to nazar ko khira karti hai
kahin aise mein tum bhi is jagah jalwa-fagan hote


hasin dhoke mein rahbar ke jo aa jate na ai hamdam
na hum be-khanuman hote na hum phir be-watan hote
tasadduq mein khush-ilhani ke sha'ir ban gae warna
kahan mumkin tha tum wabasta-e-ahl-e-sukhan hote


wafadari jo apni jurm ban jati na ai 'ishrat'
gham-e-zindan na hota aur na ye dar-o-rasan hote