bad-talai ka ilaj kya ho
aazar bhi ho to la-dawa ho

aaine ki shakl khud-numai ho
be-did ho surat-ashna ho

husn-e-namkin ko le ke chaten
jab apni hi zist be-maza ho

ai dard-e-firaq ke marizon
gharra lage is tarah karaho

mahram ke jo band khol de yar
bangla mere haq mein dil-kusha ho

kya hai mujhe dete ho gilauri
chune mein kahin na sankhiya ho

dekhe na mizha ki sozan aise
se we jo kisi ka dil phata ho

qazi ko jo rind kuchh chata den
masjid ki baghal mein mai-kada ho

paya na mizaj mar mite hum
kya jaaniye kis ke aashna ho

maghrur ho apne husn par yar
kya gham koi khush ho ya khafa ho

yar aae jo mere ghar murad aae
jagen jo nasib rat-jaga ho

sae se tumhaare bach ke chaliye
diwana banane ko bala ho

mashal na sawari mein rahe sana
ghoda na kahin charagh-pa ho

wo chaal chalo ki dil ho taskhir
hub ka tawiz naqsh-e-pa ho

chahun jo falak se farsh-e-matam
tuta bhi na guhar mein na boriya ho

phir meri taraf phira wo qatil
tasma na kahin laga raha ho

jo ek kahoge do sunoge
parwah nahin khush ho ya khafa ho

mumtaz hain kushtagan-e-mashuq
hai ain karam agar jafa ho

wo meri jo botiyan udain
jarjis ka martaba ata ho

dam nikle hujum-e-gham mein kyun kar
kuchh bhid chhate to rasta ho

duniya se uthe mariz-e-furqat
ai dar-e-masih tu asa ho

sabze mein chah-e-zaqan hai khas-posh
aisa na ho khizr se dagha ho

hum zakhm-e-jigar nahin dikhate
aankhen na churao khush-nigaho

pesh aao har ek se aaina-dar
begana ho ya ki aashna ho

sikho ye tariq-e-adamiyat
jo chaal chalo use nibaho

talwar abru ki wo kharidi
jo muft sar apna bechta ho

chamke jo sitara-e-bulandi
taus-e-falak mujhe huma ho

ai 'bahr' nahin hai un talawwun tel
maftun na kisi ke khal ka ho