ai dil ye sai-e-zabt kahin raegan na ho
darta hun phir wo dushman-e-jaan mehrban na ho

koi batae aisi nazar ko main kya kahun
jo raunaq-e-hayat ho taskin-e-jaan na ho

be-ikhtiyar jhukne lagi kyon jabin-e-shauq
us dushman-e-wafa ka yahi aastan na ho

chheda hai main ne qissa-e-musa-o-koh-e-tur
us ko hai wahm ye bhi meri dastan na ho

hairan hun kaise chashm-e-tamanna ne ki bayan
wo ek kaifiyat jo rahin-e-bayan na ho

main aur us nigah-e-karam par na jaan dun
ye wahm tha ki wo bhi pa-e-imtihan na ho

khwahish ye hai ki nazr karun ye mata-e-dil
phir sochta hun ek nazar ka ziyan na ho

hai ek ada-e-husn hijab-e-nazar-faroz
is parda-e-bahaar mein koi nihan na ho

mahrumiyon ne ranj ko rahat bana diya
ab talkhi-e-hayat bhi shayad giran na ho