andher shab-e-hijr mein kya kya nahin hota
kab hashr sar-e-sham se barpa nahin hota

bimar-e-mohabbat kabhi achchha nahin hota
ye dard wo hai jis ka mudawa nahin hota

ho lakh hasin husn ka shahra nahin hota
tum ko to zara khauf khuda ka nahin hota

maqbul wahan ishq ka sajda nahin hota
jis ja pa tera naqsh-e-kaf-e-pa nahin hota

ye dil usi qabil hai use khub jalao
us par jo sitam hota hai beja nahin hota

apnon hi se hoti hai shikayat bhi gila bhi
ulfat mein kisi ghair se shikwa nahin hota

aata hi samajh mein nahin iqrar bhi un ka
hota hai us andaz se goya nahin hota

ye bhi meri qismat ki zaban aisi mili hai
jis se ki ada harf-e-tamanna nahin hota

ai shaikh khule bandon mein pine mein maza hai
ye shaghl chhupa kar pas-e-parda nahin hota

aata hai mujhe dasht nazar josh-e-junun mein
haalanki wo ghar hota hai sahra nahin hota

be-gham hain har ek fikr se rindan-e-kharabaat
un ko kabhi andesha-e-farda nahin hota

ye sakhtiyan har roz ki kaise sahe koi
insan ke patthar ka kaleja nahin hota

ab gham bhi mere dil se ye karta hai shikayat
is khana-viran mein guzara nahin hota

ai shaikh ye barkat hai ki p jate hain lakhon
phir bhi kabhi khali khum-e-sahba nahin hota

wo hum bhi sunen taur pe jo tum ne suna tha
hum se to yahi hazrat-e-musa nahin hota

zahir mein chhupen aaen nigahon mein dilon mein
tauhin hai parde ke ye parda nahin hota

aa padti hai uftad kuchh is tarah ki naseh
ulfat mein koi shauq se ruswa nahin hota

kah do zara aghyar se sanbhle hue aaen
maqtal hai yahan khel tamasha nahin hota

the talib-e-didar to sanbhle hue rahte
musa koi yun mahw-e-tajalli nahin hota

ulfat mein maza 'ishq mein lazzat nahin milti
jab tak ki koi dard sarapa nahin hota