az-bas bhala lage hai tu mere yar mujh ko
be-ikhtiyar tujh par aata hai pyar mujh ko

sayyaad ka bura ho jis ke taghafulon ne
kunj-e-qafas mein rakkha fasl-e-bahaar mujh ko

jaun kidhar ko yaro manind-e-said-e-khargah
mizhgan ne kar rakha hai us ki shikar mujh ko

is raftagi pe mujh se karta hai tu taghaful
dante hai tis pe ulta phir bar bar mujh ko

mera qusur kya hai sane ko chahiye tha
miqdar-e-husn deta sabr-o-qarar mujh ko

fitna hai ya pari hai jadu hai ya bala hai
aankhon se ye kiya hai kis ki do-chaar mujh ko

ai 'mushafi' tasawwur us ka jo samne hai
aata nahin shab-e-gham yak-dam qarar mujh ko