badi pur-fan nigah-e-sharmagin malum hoti hai
ghazab dhati hai lekin dil-nashin malum hoti hai

fareb-e-wada-e-farda ka itna sehr hai mujh par
kabhi wo han bhi kah den to nahin malum hoti hai

yaqin tha aarzu niklegi dil se un ke aane par
magar kambakht wo ab tak yahin malum hoti hai

ajab kya hai falak bhi dushmani par ab utar aae
nazar us shokh ki kuchh khashmagin malum hoti hai

bahut takid ki thi chashm-e-tar ko zabt-e-girya ki
magar bhigi hui phir aastin malum hoti hai

mohabbat rafta rafta jaan ki dushman na ho jae
abhi tak to bahut kaif-afrin malum hoti hai

nahin samjha na samjhe koi rutba khaksari ka
hamein to hasil-e-duniya-o-din malum hoti hai

hue hain panw zakhmi hoshiyar ab ai dil-e-nadan
mujhe ye ku-e-qatil ki zamin malum hoti hai

kahin se mang lai hai bala ki shokhiyan 'sahir'
ghata sawan ki bhi kitni hasin malum hoti hai