chaqu se mohabbat ki ragen kat raha hai
sunte hain ki wo ishq mein nakaam hua hai

pichhe tere ai shokh-nazar husn ke paikar
ek shakhs nahin sara zamana hi pada hai

yaron ne mere aah kahin ka nahin chhoda
thokar jo lagi mujh ko to andaza hua hai

wo haal jo angrezon ne bhaarat ka kiya tha
kuchh haal wahi ishq ne ab mera kiya hai

raste ke har ek khatre se bachte hue ek din
manzil pe mera qafila pahuncha to luta hai

wo banjh zamin jis ko kisi ne nahin puchha
'jalib' ne use sinch ke shadab kiya hai