dar talak jaane ki hai us ke manahi hum ko
apni bas ab nazar aati hai tabahi hum ko

roz jun-tun ki hua sham to phir behtar azab
nazar aai shab-e-hijran ki siyahi hum ko

hum to jaane ka irada nahin karte lekin
wo kamar su-e-adam karti hai rahi hum ko

kyun tere chah-e-zanakhdan ka na nazzara karen
ji se bhata hai bahut sabza-e-chahi hum ko

dam-e-bar-dosh hi makhluq kiya khaliq ne
taqat udne ki na di jun par-e-mahi hum ko

parda padta jo nahin us se khush-andami par
pyara lagta hai tera kurta-e-lahi hum ko

umr bhar sher kahe hum ne pa tu ne ai ishq
na to huzni hi kiya aur na aahi hum ko

'mushafi' ilm-e-lughat se hai jinhen aagahi
jaante hain wo abu-nasr-farahi hum ko