agar dil waqif-e-nairangi-e-tab-e-sanam hota
zamane ki do-rangi ka use hargiz na gham hota

ye paband-e-musibat dil ke hathon hum to rahte hain
nahin to chain se katti na dil hota na gham hota

unhin ki be-wafai ka ye hai aathon-pahar sadma
wahi hote jo qabu mein to phir kahe ko gham hota

lab-o-chashm-e-sanam gar dekhne pate kahin shair
koi shirin-sukhan hota koi jadu-raqam hota

bahut achchha hua aae na wo meri ayaadat ko
jo wo aate to ghair aate jo ghair aate to gham hota

agar qabren nazar aatin na dara-o-sikandar ki
mujhe bhi ishtiyaq-e-daulat-o-jah-o-hasham hota

liye jata hai josh-e-shauq hum ko rah-e-ulfat mein
nahin to zoaf se dushwar chalna do-qadam hota

na rahne pae diwaron mein rauzan shukr hai warna
tumhein to dil-lagi hoti gharibon par sitam hota