barq ke sae mein kaif-e-ashiyan samjha tha main
har maal-e-rang-o-bu ko gulsitan samjha tha main

har numud-e-ishq mein soz-e-nihan samjha tha mein
shahkar-e-husn ko aatash-bajaan samjha tha main

ranj-o-gham se irtibaat-e-jism-o-jaan samjha tha main
hasti-e-nakaam ko khwab-e-giran samajhta tha main

ishq-e-fani ko nishat-e-jawedan samjha tha main
zindagi ke raaz ko ab tak kahan samjha tha main

dil ke har parde se aati thin sadaen dard ki
barbat-e-hasti pe tum ko naghma-khwan samjha tha main

kya khabar thi dil hi mera aastan naz hai
dil ko ab tak niyaz-e-astan samjha tha main

is liye main iltifat-e-khas se mahrum hun
joshash-e-sai-e-talab ko raegan samjha tha main

ai junun-e-justuju rah-e-talab mein bar bar
har ghubar-e-karwan ko karwan samjha tha main

sun raha tha kaifiyat-e-zindagi ke waqiat
un ke afsane ko apni dastan samjha tha main

be-niyaz-e-bandagi-e-shauq thi meri khudi
be-khudi mein ehtiram-e-astan samjha tha main

is qadar duba hua tha e'tibar-e-shauq mein
har fareb-e-ashiyan ko aashiyan samjha tha main

ghuncha-o-gul hi pe kya mauquf tha raaz-e-jamal
zarre zarre ko chaman ke raaz-dan samjha tha main

dil ki har tafsir par khamoshiyan deti thin dad
anjuman walon ko mahw-e-dastan samjha tha main

aap ki zat-e-girami ka na irfan kar saka
aap ko lekin sharik-e-karwan samjha tha main

jab shikast-e-saz-e-dil ki 'zeb' jhankaren sunin
dil ki har dhadkan pe tum ko naghma-khwan samjha tha main