chashm-e-saqi agar salamat hai
saghar-o-mai ki kya zarurat hai

chaak daman hai aankh hai pur-nam
kya yahi hasil-e-mohabbat hai

ye gham-e-dil ye dard-e-tanhai
mere mahbub ki inayat hai

husn-e-maghrur kya pata tujh ko
aashiqon ka wajud rahmat hai

uljhanon aur zulf barham mein
koi kya jaane kitni nisbat hai

meri tauba ki aaj khair nahin
har ada husn ki qayamat hai

wo na aae to un ki yaad aai
ye bhi 'akhtar' bahut ghanimat hai