bekasi-e-shab-e-hijran ki mujhe tab nahin
kash dushman hi chale aaen jo ahbab nahin

tujh ko ai bakht-e-siyah aag laga kar dekhun
shab-e-hijran mein agar jalwa-e-mahtab nahin

dekh but-khane mein taswir ka aalam ai shaikh
yan musalla nahin mimbar nahin mehrab nahin

nama-bar mujh se ye kahta hai ki tum to kya ho
baadshah bhi to wahan qabil-e-alqab nahin

na mile mujh ko mere haal pe rone wale
aish kaisa ki yahan gham ke bhi asbab nahin

haal-e-dil jis se kaha us ne kaha bas khamosh
'dagh' is dard ke sunne ki hamein tab nahin