dayar-e-hosh ki pahle junun khabar lena
uda ke dhul na mitti kharab kar lena

jafa bhi ho to wo tum jaano aur hum jaanen
na ho kisi ko khabar is tarah khabar lena

nishani le ke chalenge watan ko ghurbat ki
kahin se dasht ka daman zara katar lena

niyaz-e-husn bhi hai zindagi ke dhandon mein
kisi pe marne ki fursat mile to mar lena

isi jahan se milta hai dars-e-ibrat bhi
hazar shart hai lena na kuchh magar lena

na mai-kashi na ibaadat hamari aadat hai
ki samne koi kaam aa gaya to kar lena

wafa kharab hai raftar-e-bahr-e-hasti ki
abhi to dub hi ja phir kabhi ubhar lena

janab-e-shaikh to bar-e-gunah se ghabrae
hami uthaenge 'natiq' zara idhar lena