chand ke des mein hai ji ka ziyan saudagar
mol kya doge gham-e-dil ka wahan saudagar

ab wo agle se yahan misr ke bazar nahin
aa gae shahr-e-tamanna mein kahan saudagar

dil ka har zakhm hai aaina teri surat ka
tu ne dekhi nahin shishon ki dukan saudagar

har gali chup hai ki aaseb ka saya jaise
shahr-e-dil se teri rukhsat ka saman saudagar

sahl itna to nahin rup-nagar se jaana
dur tak jaega aahon ka dhuan saudagar

naqd-e-jaan aae hain bazar mein le kar jab se
ho gai jins-e-wafa aur giran saudagar

dil ke viran darichon pe charaghan 'mahir'
kaun deta hai sar-e-sham azan saudagar