ba-tarf-e-mushtaq gah-gahe tujhe munasib guzar kiya kar
jale hai dil ki bhi aah-e-sozan se kaj-kulaha hazar kiya kar

jo ghar se bahar na dewe rukhsat haya agarche ba-sair-e-gulshan
kabhi to rauzan se bar-lab-e-baam apne aa kar nazar kiya kar

ba-talkh dushnam be-murawwat muzaeqa to nahin hai is mein
do lab se apne hamari qismat ki aisi rozi shakar kiya kar

na qadr hur-o-pari ki hargiz samae aankhon mein tere aage
tujhe hai lazim kabhi to pursish ze-haal-e-khunin-jigar kiya kar

gali mein teri nahin ijazat hai shab ki aane ki mujh ko lekin
raqib-o-ghammaz apne kuche se be-murawwat badar kiya kar

na chain din ko na khwab shab ko sabab se hijrat ke teri mujh ko
ba-naz-o-tamkin-o-sadqa-e-husn ek bosa nazar kiya kar

ba-ah-o-zari fughan nala se apne yaro main roz kahta
kabhi sitamgar ke ja ke dil mein are ni-bhage asar kiya kar

kaha tha naseh ne ishq-bazi bahut kathin hai na hona aashiq
ki qurb majlis se un buton ki gar aql rakhta khatar kiya kar

gar 'afridi' ke aarzu-dil hai wasl is ka to wajib aaya
mile na jab tak gali mein us ke to khak mitti basar kiya kar