ayan be-rangi-e-khakistar-e-dil hoti jati hai
ba-wasf-e-shama bhi tarik mahfil hoti jati hai

mukammal surkhi-e-afsana-e-dil hoti jati hai
hamari dastan sunne ke qabil hoti jati hai

hujum-e-yas se ye surat-e-dil hoti jati hai
mujhe ab sham-e-mahfil subh-e-mahfil hoti jati hai

nigah-e-naz waqif ho chali pinhai-e-dil se
ki jazb-e-dil ba-qadr-e-wusat-e-dil hoti jati hai

sunane ko hamare kah raha hai koi mahfil mein
udasi kyon sharik-e-rang-e-mahfil hoti jati hai

na jaane main jahan-e-shauq mein kya banta jata hun
ki jo shai mitti jati hai mera dil hoti jati hai

ye parwanon ki nashen aur aansu sham-e-sozan ke
murattab aur ek mahfil mein mahfil hoti jati hai

safine ka hamare dekh kar rukh jaanib-e-sahil
'shifa' kyon aabdida sham-e-sahil hoti jati hai