ajib daur hai ahl-e-hunar nahin aate
pidar ka ilm liye ab pisar nahin aate

hawa ke jhonke bhi le kar khabar nahin aate
jo ghar se jate hain phir laut kar nahin aate

hazar shakh-e-tamanna ki dekh-bhaal karo
ye shakh wo hai ki jis par samar nahin aate

samajh sakenge na meri guzar-basar ko huzur
sunahre takht se jab tak utar nahin aate

hum un ki samt chalen kis tarah se milon-mil
hamari samt jo baalisht-bhar nahin aate

janab-e-shaikh ke hujre se dur hi rahiye
farishte aate hain is mein bashar nahin aate

sawal hi na tha dushman ki fath-yabi ka
hamari saf mein munafiq agar nahin aate

na jaane kis ki nazar lag gai zamane ko
ki phul chehre shagufta nazar nahin aate

wo din gae ki koi khwab hum ko tadpae
ab aise khwab hamein raat-bhar nahin aate

hum un ki rah mein aankhen bichhaen kyun 'mahir'
jo aasman se sar-e-rah-guzar nahin aate